With some effort, Murdock managed to cut Rose down from the tree and lay her close to the fire. As he started to wash off some of the blood with water from his water skin, he saw something carved into her chest. The carving appeared to be letters. As he put more water on her chest, the letters began to show. The word “spy” was clearly carved into Rose’s chest, still open and bleeding.
Looking at her face, he barely recognized her. Her face was battered, bruised, cut, and bleeding in several places. Her eyes had swollen shut with huge bruises covering her eye sockets. Her nose appeared broken, and she had a few teeth missing.
As he continued to assess the damage done to her, he became aware of Beron close by. He looked up to see the creature looking at Rose.
“Is she still alive?” Murdock
