Chapter 345: Message

There were more than forty of them traveling together. The moment they set foot on the soil of the Dai Kingdom, someone dropped to their knees in front of Jason Sowden, Willa Greaves, and the others, sobbing out thanks. One person knelt. Then another. Then another, until all forty-plus survivors were kneeling toward them. "You don't have to do that," Willa said, stiff with discomfort. "We only did what we could." Guilt still sat heavy in her chest. She had not saved enough people. Plenty had...