Chapter 434

I was saddened that Gunth got no headstone or remembrance. Damien quirked a brow at my memories. A plaque on the wall wouldn’t be a bad thing. He would ask the administrators to consider that.

We stood for a very long time watching the dead pass by. Even the boys stood stoically watching the procession. Everyone seemed to understand the respect that was due those that had given their lives for the rest of us.

Once the last body was gone I saw Thom striding toward us. He looked purposeful and his eyes were on me.

“Ciara,” he called once he was close, “you have done a great deal for the healers, but your skills are needed elsewhere.”

I was stunned by his mannerism, he was acting quite official.

Damien wasn’t surprised. Thom and his family wanted administrative duties. He was probably “filling in” to prove his family a suitable replacement for Gunth and his brothers. I nodded in understanding and agreed politely to do whatever would help the camp. Thom had