Chapter 340
Nearly a month had passed by the time Paige Summers learned what had happened at Mount Gorrow.
Of the one hundred people who went, only half returned.
When she learned the total number of casualties, Paige found it difficult to feel much joy, even though Marcus Monroe and his men had won a great victory.
The base held a funeral for the fallen team members. Their ashes were buried at the highest point of the cultivation area, where a small cemetery was built and tombstones were erected. Paige took the opportunity to bury the ashes of the researchers that had been collected when the base was first cleared out.
At the end of the day, they had all sacrificed themselves for Astoria.
She supposed they would have a lot to talk about in the afterlife.
Paige Summers stood in the courtyard, gazing at the cemetery with a heavy heart.
Wendy Lowell patted her hand and shook her head, silently telling her not to be so sad, or it wouldn't be good for the baby.
