Chapter Seven
Brianne
Brianne moaned, her hand reaching for the pain that made her head feel like it was on fire. A hand grabbed hold of hers before she could touch the wound.
“You’ll be fine, soldier.”
She dragged her eyes open to stare at the man who leaned over her, dark brown eyes meeting her gaze. “Where am I?” She tried to sit up and gratefully accepted the man’s help. She looked around. It was late afternoon. She would have only been unconscious for several hours. Soldiers gathered dead bodies while some stood on guard, their gazes trained on the sky.
“You’re a couple of hours from the capital. The Caelians have already collected their dead, you’re lucky they didn’t realise you were still alive.”
She reached up to her head, her hand coming away bloodstained. When she saw Mackl
