Raven added, “I’ll see if we can find you something close once you’re patched up.”
The girl smiled, and her body finally relaxed as Aina placed some leaves on the wound, covering it. Raven’s presence and Aina’s good hands on medication helped her a lot.
“Done,” Aina said, sighing in relief. “We… We did it.”
Raven only nodded in response, but she felt the same thing as Aina. The atmosphere was still tense, but already bearable, unlike earlier.
They weren’t just survivors tonight.
They were people.
And even in a world where humanity was hard to find, they just took a step toward reclaiming it.
Meanwhile, as Jackson and Irene were outside the shelter to be a lookout, both of them were silent.
After walking for a while, Jackson leaned against a thick tree trunk, scanning the perimeter
