Kai
Baka was taken to the copper cells immediately by Sakina and her guard. The rest of us stayed on the battlefield, taking the wounded to be healed and gathering our deceased. Our losses had been great and my heart ached for the families who had lost their loved ones. Lucien took a large group of men and began to build the pyres. I realised then he didn’t yet know. I went to him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
He turned, his face concerned when he saw the look on my face.
“What is it Kai?”
“Mama Zapada. She didn’t… when the dragon went to the palace. She didn’t make it.”
He stilled for a moment. Then his face crumpled. I grabbed him and we wept, clinging to one another.
“I wish to see her,” he croaked, hoarsely.
He instructed the soldiers to continue in his absence and we wen
