Rohan's POVThe healing wing was smelling of blood, herbs as usual, but there was more silence and grief this time around. For days, the scent had lingered in the air, finding it's ways into the stone walls and settling over everyone. No matter how many windows were opened or how many healing herbs were burned, nothing seemed capable of driving the grief away.Too many people had been wounded. Too many people lost their lives. And lately, hope felt like another casualty.I lay on my cot staring at the ceiling above me, trying to ignore the constant pain in my side. The wound I had received during the fight with Garrick's lieutenant had reopened more than once, and every movement reminded me of the scenario again.The healers called me a lucky man. I didn't feel lucky. I had killed one of Garrick's most trusted men.People called it a victory. But victories weren't supposed to feel this empty, was it?Beside me, Lira carefully changed the bandages wrapped around my ribs. Her hands were
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