Chapter Thirty One

Elaina awoke to the blaring white light of the sun.  After spending so much time underground her eyes had forgotten how bright it was.  

The air smelled thick of smoke, but all the fire from the night before had finally ended.  

Beside her Christopher still slept soundly looking almost peaceful.  In the morning light she could see gashes along his face, which had been the source of all the blood on him.  Nasty scabs mixed with ash and dirt covered them. 

Sighing Elaina got up deciding she would go find a first aid kit to try and clean them to see just how bad the damage was.  

Her muscles screamed at her from her night on the ground.  Stretching she tried to loosen them a bit with no luck. 

Around her people still slept soundly, if it wasn’t for the bandages and sores on them she could almost believe that they had just had a massive campout. 

Quickening her pace Elaina made her way