Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Xander's pov

I looked at my men after the fight and realized that half of the warriors I sent out were down in my absence. Blood was all over the body of the other half that were remaining. It got me curious as I wondered what was wrong somewhere.

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The stench of their death hung heavy in the air, acrid and suffocating me. It clung to me like a shroud, a grim reminder of the brutal reality that had crashed down upon my warriors. I knelt beside the first body of my warrior, the face contorted in a silent scream. His eyes were wide with fear as it stared blankly at the sky, a crimson stain on his chest which was a testament to the ferocity of the attack on him.

The death around me was sickening. Bodies lay scattered across the forest floor, mangled and broken, their lifeless eyes reflecting the fading light of the dying sun.

I rose, my muscles aching from the weight of grief and the cold steel of vengeance that pulsed through him. I had been played for a fool. I refused t