Clara nodded focusing on what she was doing. “If we got all of it out he will be fine.”
Lilly swallowed. “What if you missed some?”
The healer looked up at her. “Then I’ll have to take the leg.”
The rest of the night was spent bandaging wounds and cleaning them. Even once she had to assist a healer in removing a man’s leg. Walking away from that covered in blood she found herself strolling mindlessly through the sea of wounded. Most of them were tended, bandaged and fed. Eventually it was quiet. Ten men, eight women and four children died that night and she watched them. She did what she could, but it was too late. She forced the guilt that she should have done more away to fuel the boiling anger inside of her. But the despair overpowered it for a moment while he walked. But then she stopped hearing a child’s tears. When she turned towards the sound she saw a little girl reaching out for a body wrapped in burlap being put on the death wagon to be taken out of the city and burned. Automatically Lilly went to the little girl as the guards tried in vain to keep her away.
“Daddy!” She cried her little hands tearing at the guard that was trying not to hurt the little girl. Lilly came from behind lifting the little girl making her thrash and scream. “No. Where are they taking him?” Lilly fell down to her knees and turned the child around taking her face in her hands.
“He’s gone little one. He’s gone.” She said letting the wall down that kept her tears back. The girl clung to her tightly crying loudly. Lilly cried with her, al the pain she had witness poured form her as she hung onto that child. Eventually she reigned in her emotions and lifted the child while she sobbed heavily in her arms.
She brought the girl to the area where the children were kept away form the blood and away form their parents who were either helping or injured or worse. Sasha came to take the girl but Lilly shook her head. She found a spot in the center of the children who were still awake. Little fires were set around them to keep the night’s chill away.
