By this time, even the strongest of them were visibly drained of energy. This was especially true of the soldiers who did all the work of pushing or pulling or preserving their charges from harm.
Despite not doing anything more arduous than following along, Hilde was by then breathing through her mouth. Sweat plastered her hair on her scalp and drenched her back.
When her headache returned some time ago, it was difficult to gauge whether it was her condition acting up or if it was merely caused by the sun's heat.
And, oh, her feet...
A part of her regretted giving away her medicine, but seeing how Inge was only slightly shaking as he leaned a lot more heavily on the bier, she decided it was worth it. With or without taking what she gave, if he'd gone down, it would have been a huge bl
