Chapter 18: Bad to WorseKett and Lyrra trudged through the swamp. They hadn't spoken for hours, the horror still setting in.
Finally, the silence was more oppressive than the heat in the swamp, “You couldn't have saved them,” Lyrra offered as she trailed behind him.
“Don't.” He didn't turn around, “If I couldn't save them, I should have died with them.” They continued through the muddy water. Kett's jaw clenched and unclenched as his thoughts swirled.
It had been three days since Cayne's betrayal. They had arrived at Kett's homeland two days before. His village by the lake a wasted ruin, bodies everywhere. Their plan was to go home. They had decided to seek shelter in Kett's river lands first, since it was closer than Lyrra's home. Now they were walking away from what they'd found. All
