~KILLIAN
We rode back in the rain.
The stench of defeat lingered around my men as we returned home. It was not a feeling I was used to. It had a bad smell that stuck to my nose. It was like a mixture of garbage and death. It was sour and toxic. It made me feel like I was not enough. I felt like I was just another loser that roamed the earth.
When the annoying woman had denied us passage, we had no choice but to back off. I could not risk sending my men into the forest and getting them killed. If I had been alone, then I would have braved it. Who knew? Maybe she had been bluffing the entire time.
"My Alpha King, don't you think we should take a stop and hide away under the cover of the trees from the rain?" Commander Brooke asked while throwing occasional glances backward at the men.
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