"Night sweats again?"
Abby looked up at Nurse Sullivan, as she ran a damp cloth across Captain Alden's brow.
"Yes, he must be having terrible dreams."
Nurse Sullivan glanced back down the rows of injured soldiers lying in the field hospital's hall, "He's not the only one. Surely, the captain is reliving his last mission, the loss of his bomber crew...his squadron?"
Dipping the cloth in water, Abby shook her head, "Maybe not, he mumbles 'Aleya', quite often. If only he'd wake up, we could ask him."
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Wild Days: Follow Me Down
ActionHaunted by nightmares of his tragic past, former rancher, the bounty hunter Van Chicote, travels to the pueblos of the Abajo people in search of peace. Challenged by his friend, the Abajo elder Pooling Waters, to look inward and face himself, they e...
