Sasha bit back to cries of pain that desperately wanted out. He clenched his teeth together to quiet himself as best he could. They couldn't afford getting the attention of more predators. When the rock was pulled away, and the wound was mostly sealed, the nasty burn left behind was sizable. It looked quite a bit like the massive scarring on his back.

Sasha resigned himself to laying still on the ground, to weak to get up, and hurting too bad to move. The smaller wounds across his chest still oozed slowly, and the drying blood was starting to flake off.