Chapter 31
There was a little group of healers around Gavi, who was propped under a tent a healer had hastily thrown up.
Isika walked toward them, leading her horse, terrified of what she would find. Her fear must have shown on her face, because Jabari caught her eye and spoke to her right away.
“He’s not dead.”
It wasn’t all that comforting. Gavi was ghostly in the rain, his clothes soaked with blood, his eyes shut.
“He lost a lot of blood,” Ben whispered to her.
Aria sat on the ground, slumped beside Gavi, leaning on Ivy. Isika went to her. She looked terrible, but she tried to smile at Isika. She only managed to twitch her lips up, and Isika’s stomach dropped.
“Aria,” Isika said. “What happened to you?”
Aria stared at her for a moment, then looked away, over Isika’s shoulder, at
