Chapter 28
Night bound Waterfree in a subdued chill by the time that Alara stumbled from the Jedo Fuller building. Waterstones littered the cobblestone streets and sidewalks outside the building; The Highlord had answered her prayer and held his deluge back until she wouldn’t be hampered by it. No carriages rumbled down the roads that night, drivers too hesitant to risk their horses on the uncertain footing that the waterstones offered, and Alara didn’t want to risk it much either in her current state.
She had accrued two broken fingers, a compound fracture in the left arm, severe laceration of the left shoulder, one ruptured eardrum, one broken rib, two cracked ribs, and severe swelling of the throat in the last few hours. The priests had gone more into depth describing her injuries, b
