Keltrin and Ievos carrying Zia returned to their own camp, all eyes were on them as they walked through their men to the centre and towards the prince’s larger tent. Ievos had a dark expression on his face, and they were all spattered with blood. Tyria and Reinys hurried over Elas and Orrin not too far behind.
“Did he… kill her?” Tyria asked looking at Zia in Ievos’ arms.
“No,” he replied. “She is just exhausted,”
“Are you hurt?” Reinys asked and he shook his head ignoring any further questions. He took Zia all the way through their camp ordering some soldiers to follow and he took her towards the forest. She woke and looked at him as they drew near the encampment.
“You wish to bathe, don’t you?” he asked her, not knowing what it was like to be raped but knowing after he was coerced in
