Dale and Galya continued their careful ministrations, restoring Hugh’s face, and then began on his hands. They had been at it for days, only stopping when exhaustion prevented them from continuing, then sleeping by his brother’s side. The other healers did the same, often working in shifts, unwilling to leave their patients unattended for a moment. Dale had helped with the grim task of identifying the fallen Rogue Hunters and matching them to their houses. Among the deceased were Jess, Lyanna, Wyatt, and Jae Lin. Their bodies lay cocooned in thin white linen in preparation for their funeral pyres. Burials here were strictly f*******n and had been for ages due to the necromancers from the House of Azriel and their morbid practices to reanimate the dead. They had been banished to the Badla

