The night slowly passed.
Within a few hours, the first light of dawn crept across the horizon.
The soldiers treated the previous night's battle like another routine crisis, something that happened occasionally during their dangerous lives. By sunrise, many of them had already begun their morning exercises as if nothing unusual had happened.
Thankfully, because of Kiara's intervention, the battle had ended quickly, and casualties were minimal.
To most soldiers, it felt like a strange nightmare that had passed before dawn.
Spirit Warriors were mentally resilient people.
They had to be.
Their lives were filled with constant danger.
But one person's life had changed dramatically overnight.
Zorric.
When the other soldiers learned that he had been the one who brought Kiara to the camp, their attitudes toward him changed completely. Captains greeted him warmly. Fellow soldiers spoke to him with newfound respect.
It left him extremely uncomfortable.
He had no idea how to respond.
