Jacob looked back at me, and I felt my heart hammering against my will. Jacob took out his pocket knife once again. He started building a fire and made Shawn put what he had gathered into the fire. 

He put his pocket knife over the fire. He looked at me, and for the first time, I saw genuine concern in his eyes, "This is going to hurt a lot."

He put the edge of the knife against my wound, and I screamed. Jacob winced, and Shawn almost looked like he was bored. 

Finally, Jacob took the knife away and placed me next to the fire as he took off his shirt and wrapped it around my leg. 

"It's going to heal now." Jacob said as he prepared camp. 

I started shivering until I finally fell asleep...