Chapter 6Micah woke up with a pounding headache. His lips were dry, and his throat was so parched, it felt as if someone was using sandpaper to scrape over it repeatedly. When he exhaled through his mouth, he could smell the breath coming out through his lips. It reeked like rotting rats and the spray from multiple skunks all at once. Not that he was familiar with the stench of decomposing rats or the foul smell of skunk spray, but he was certain the puke-inducing stink from his mouth must be similar. He had to brush his teeth at least ten times and swirl a whole bottle of mouthwash. However, when he attempted to get up, he groaned in pain and grabbed the sides of his head. His head hurt so badly, it was as if there were people living in it, and they were using sledgehammers to try to crac
