Sun Mote Copse Missed Steps

Regret and guilt tinged the blind rage, her chest heaved with the heavy weight of it all, from her breast to the lead ball in her gut. The stink of blood permeated her senses, crossing from scent to sight and to taste, until it was all that she was aware of. Distantly, she knew that Giana was there, but she could barely hear past the rush of blood in her ears. She thought of Ragnar, and breathed, and then she was fine. She was her father's daughter, and had just proved it.

Giana moved soundlessly to aid Ragna, and she felt distant gratitude. She took her place at Giana's side and gripped the corpse, beginning to drag the body away from the copse and towards the fields beyond the wood.