Yet the small, blood-encrusted axe lying beside her must have come from somewhere, and Tessa was reasonably sure it didn’t appear there by magic. Sex In a way though that’s a good thing; we’re having trouble finding enough bandages.”
I frowned. The wounded were laid out in the square opposite the barracks hall. Without hesitation, I jabbed my sword between the woman’s breasts. With a quick lunge, I stabbed the disemboweled man in the chest, rendering all of Dagr’s treatment irrelevant. The decision on whether or not to spend precious time and resources trying to save them was mine and mine alone. “What is this shit?” I demanded. The next hour passed by in a morass of torn flesh, broken bones, blood, bile, and shit. She breathed as shallowly as possible, trying her best to control the rise and fall of her chest. He stood with some of my junior warchiefs and organized teams of warriors. Sigrid, my elder healer, was tending to our own wounded in the former manor house. I thought about the girl at my feet lying wounded by my hands. Gitte looked up briefly as we stood by observing her work. Between the injured, my perimeter archers, and those busy with other tasks, only forty of my warriors would be able to guard and assist them.
