Chapter 149 Turning The Tide

• We made it back to the temple grounds just before dawn. The synchronized pairs limped in behind us, bloodied but alive. Nobody spoke much. Exhaustion had a way of stealing words.
• Celeste had medical supplies ready. She always did.
• I dropped onto the temple steps and let myself feel everything at once. The ache in my muscles. The burn across my shoulder where Gideon's claws had caught me. The hollow relief of knowing we'd survived when we probably shouldn't have.