Her smile widened.
"Enjoy your victory, vessel. It's temporary. Next time, I don't just want the Tear. I want everything. Your power. Your people. Your soul. Your mate. Your child. Everything you love."
Her voice, magically projected to reach only me.
"And I will have it. Soon. Very soon."
She rode away.
Her remaining army follows, leaving bodies behind.
Victorious.
But at what cost?
The silence after the battle was somehow worse than the chaos during.
I collapsed.
Kael caught me before I hit the ground.
"I've got you," he murmured.
Holding me like I was made of glass. "You're safe now. I've got you."
Around us, the battlefield revealed itself.
The true cost of our victory.
Helena's medical teams rushed out of their protected positions.
Moving among the wounded and dead
