Chapter 140

HAZEL

It was impossible not to listen to the grunts and the last screams of a person before they fell dead. The bloodshed was already massive and the healers were running around to tend to all those who had been hurt.

We had volunteers outside bringing in the wounded and the bodies of the dead ones were left on the field.

Even from here, I could smell the blood seeping up the hallway and the Guards screamed in pain when the healers did what they could to help them but I also heard a few hearts stop and sighs of hopelessness over the loss of another life.

“He’s smiling,” Lauren seethed from the window.

“Who is?” I asked.

“The Elder, he’s just standing there in the back, smiling.”

The bodies were piling up, even if I couldn’t see it and the girls wouldn’t fill me in on anything, I knew we had lost more Guards than we thought we would. Every time I tried to get out of bed Lauren was there and pushed me down again, that dance continued until I g