Chapter 25
All Trystan saw was blood.
He felt as if his own life-force drained out of him at the moment of Briggs’ death.
Blood and death… but they’d won.
Shouting still rang out from the courtyard. Two armies were still locked in battle.
Trystan stood in shock. Around him, his friends suffered. The two remaining Tri-Gard members huddled over Lorelai who hadn’t moved in too long.
Davi stared wide-eyed at the ceiling above with Rissa clutching his hands.
And Alixa. The thought of her spurred him into action. Her breath wheezed in her chest as her face twisted in pain.
Her leather armor had split open at the side to reveal a long gash. She squeezed her eyes shut.
“Alixa.” Trystan pressed a hand over her wound to staunch the flow of blood. “Alixa, open your eyes.”
When she obeyed, h
