Heart flinched trying to get herself to stand. It was like her legs were asleep, and worse, she still couldn’t feel her hands. Though as she looked at them, she was slightly grateful. The bruising told her that she was going to regret hitting the ceiling as much as she did. Still, she needed to start getting out of this hole, and she was not even going to try and go the way she came. Grunting, she attempted to stand once more, hissing, and cursing everything in sight, mostly the giant pile of ash from where Cadmus had perished.
“Heart! You down there!” Sirress called, casting a shadow on her form. The woman merely cursed some more, making the Dark Elf laugh and say something to someone else. The next thing she knew, a rope was thrown down and her friend stood before her.
“By the Gods, w
