Feng, Bolin, and Aiguo were in a daze. They all wanted to catch some sleep, but the certain numbness they were feeling prevented them from resting.
It was like no one had been speaking throughout the entire ride home. A body lay right in the middle of the car. The three of them were on either side of it. They refused to leave their general's side. It was the least that they could do after having failed to protect him.
They knew that a specific capital punishment was waiting for them back in Heping at the back of their minds. They were going to receive the full wrath of the emperor. They were all supposed to die before anything could happen to a prince of their land, but there they were. They might be injured and stitched hastily but undoubtedly alive.
