He knew they were waiting for him to talk to them, to tell them what had happened, to be glad that he was back. But all he could see was Helena’s face in his mind; all he could hear was her voice screaming at him to go, go right now! And then the sound of her dying as he fled like a coward. You couldn’t have saved her, the voice in his head tried to tell him. But how did it know? What if he could have? He didn’t even try! He wondered if he could just stay here forever, not moving. Not thinking. Is that what you let her die for? For you to give up now? And there could be only be one answer to that. Calen forced himself to sit back, raising his head. Serek was gone. So was Anders and whoever else might have been there when he arrived. Except Meg. She was sitting beside him. Not touching him, just sitting close by. “Hi,” she said when he looked at her. “Hi,” he said back. He blinked. “You cut your hair.” “Oh,” she said, reaching up to touch it. “Yes. I had to. Half of it was burned away by a flaming catapult missile.
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