The Lycan King's Captive
"How many what?"
"How many people died while I was unconscious?"
"Elena, you need to focus on recovering…"
"How many, Anna?"
She exchanged a glance with Kieran, who nodded slightly. "Seventeen. We lost seventeen people in four days. Another thirty are critical right now."
The bread turned to ash in my mouth. Seventeen people. Dead because I had pushed too hard, given too much, collapsed before I could…
"Stop." Kieran's voice was firm. "I can see what you are thinking, and you are wrong. Those deaths aren't on you. You saved dozens before you collapsed. Hundreds, if we count everyone who recovered because of you."