Chapter Forty-FourIn the Great Hall, Vaxi choked back tears as she knelt over the bodies of Runa, Jara, and Eshana. Bika, Zarina, Yarji, and Gruta had joined her in reciting hushed prayers over the bodies of their fallen sisters.
After Elzaria's defeat and the enemy forces' surrender, Prince Warran ordered every merych and merych-drawn cart be used to ferry the wounded back to the castle. Alvus, Sen, and Lyala would likely be using their medicinal and healing skills well into the morning. The surviving Vandans and Elzorath would be disarmed and held under guard at Empiritus Field until it was decided what was to be done with them. Warlord Maxtar, still unconscious, had been taken straight to the dungeons.
Their prayer completed, Yarji and Zarina covered the three huntresses' bodies with
