For her part, Rada’s face seemed a mixture of fear and uneasiness. Mostly the latter. She inched away from them and soon left, far from interested in looking at a strange corpse any longer.
Dakota, on the other hand, was perfectly fine. He’d seen enough death to watch this one unfazed. He gave her a simple nod at first. When she wobbled in place, her legs too weak to provide reliable support, he took hold of her with one arm. “Let’s get you back inside, okay? Somebody else can deal with the body. C’mon.”
She was in no position to object. Her withdrawal symptoms didn’t care that she’d won the fight. She needed fluids, food, a change of clothes, and a soft pillow. With her dad’s help, she walked back to the big house. Yuuki followed, with Terrell soon after. The four climbed the steps. Yuu
