Chapter 29

“Wait, what’s going on here?” I asked Hazim. “Do you two know each other?”

He sighed. “Yeah. Briefly.”

“When?”

“I need to sit down. My legs still hurt.”

I helped him sit on the porch and then went back to knock on the cabin door to get Sasha’s attention.

“Go away!” She yelled from inside.

“Please, Sasha. He needs help. He saved my life again in the woods.”

“Leave her alone,” he said. “I’ll be fine eventually.”

“I’m not going to let you bleed to death out here,” I said to him. “What did you do to her anyway?”

“I broke her heart,” he said and groaned in pain.

“You wish you did,” said Sasha from inside.

“You two were together before?” I asked.

The cabin door swung open and Sasha came out. “This fool was the first person I ran into when I fled the Highlands. He got me a room in a village inn and paid for my food and care. We started to hang out and then we were practically living together.

“We had plans