Axel and the remaining wolves spent the entire day collecting the bodies from the village. But, they couldn’t account for all the missing wolves. Part of him hoped that it meant more survivors were out there, but he knew the truth.
The warriors of Eclipsed were trained to be ruthless. Unfortunately, this meant that many of those killed were torn apart. Unfortunately, there were too many pieces to know what belonged to whom or how many.
Axel felt sick. He was tired, and as hard as he tried not to think about it, he recognized too many of the bloodied faces.
The pyres were built, spread out over the top of a hill not far from the remains of the village. The fires were lit before the sun began to fall.
Ten pyres, all aflame. Roughly one hundred and fifty lives were lost and honored in the blaze.
Axel wondered if Amy and the others could see the smoke from Summer. He hoped it helped them find peace.
