UnreactiveDynamite

Her whole body ached.  That was all she could think of when she regained consciousness.  As the fuzz in her brain lessened, she realized that 'ache' really was a horrible way to describe what she was feeling.  Burned, or throbbed, maybe.  No.  Neither of those.  Hurt just seemed like too....gentle a word for it, too. Agony.  Yes, that was it. She was in agony.  Absolute, excruciating agony.  Ilena had thought that she knew what that word meant, had thought that she experienced it the summer she fell of her horse and broke her leg.  That had been the most physical pain she had ever felt, and it paled in comparison.  What she felt now......wo