POV: Multiple - Callum, Isla, Cormac, Mordaunt
Location: Various
Time: After Battle
CALLUM
I'm surveying the aftermath when the reality hits. Three dead. Kieran, Marcus's fighter James, and a wolf named David who joined at the last minute.
Three corpses on the ground. Three wolves who believed in what we were building. Who fought for community over submission. Who died because of my choices.
Everyone else is wounded. Marcus can barely walk. Tom's magic exhausted him. Valentina's got claw marks across her back. Sarah the medic is injured while treating others.
The shelter is damaged. Windows broken. Supplies destroyed. Medical equipment ruined.
We won the battle but we lost so much.
I'm looking at my scarred hand. The silver burns are healing wrong. The flesh is twisted. Permanent
