The air still trembled from the last clash, the battlefield's echoes hanging over them like the smoke of a dying fire. Loren lay unconscious on the ground, his body pale and drenched in sweat, though Lisa's constant healing light kept his heart steady. His reckless triumph against Erebus had stirred both awe and doubt in the squad, but it had left them battered in more ways than one.
And yet, there was no pause.
