Chapter 61: Mourning The Dead - Mei

I managed to run around and heal the remaining Tian wolves but looking around I can see there were many wolves and nagatas I didn’t get to in time. Seeing their bodies scattered around sends a sharp pain through my heart. I feel as though I failed them.

Chris walks up behind me, once again wrapping me in his arms. “You did all you could. Everyone else is alive thanks to you, don’t be so hard on yourself,” he gently tells me.

I look up at him sadly, “I was really hoping we wouldn’t lose anyone.”

His face softens as he pulls me closer, “I know, honey. It’s never easy.”

Chris and I work with everyone else to help gather the bodies of the dead. Everyone was working together, mutolupus and nagata alike. Jianyu, however, saw to his father’s body himself. No one wanted to touch Zixin’s body, which surprised me. I guess I expected someone among these people to have been a supporter, but it seems his people really weren’t big fans of his.

Once all the bodies are laid out, Qiang and Nuo mak