Chapter 35 One At A Time

• The battle had ended, but heavy silence followed. The field was littered with broken branches, filled with the distant moans of the wounded being tended to by medics.
• Damien, Magnus, and Xavier stood together at the edge of the battlefield, observing everything. Damien wiped the blood from his brow, breathing heavily, his shoulders heaving with each breath. A deep gash ran down his arm, but he paid it no mind.
• "It's over,” Magnus crouched low, one hand resting on his knee as he tried to catch his breath. There were deep cuts across his chest and arms.