The yard was dead quiet when we got back way too quiet and people were carrying hurt fighters over to the healer's hut while others cleaned their weapons and armor with hands that wouldn't stop shaking and nobody was saying much because the fight had completely drained everyone.

I sat down on a bench near the fire trying to breathe normal again and my arms felt like they weighed a thousand pounds and every single muscle in my body hurt bad and Penelope dropped down next to me with her shield ...