Echoes of Battle

The night was cloaked in a blanket of silence, the kind that settled in the wake of turmoil. The safe house outside of Ellington stood resilient, a sanctuary amidst the chaos that had ensued. Inside, the air was thick with the scent of antiseptic and the hushed whispers of the wounded.

Adrian leaned against the wooden table, his hands trembling as he wrapped a bandage around his arm. His thoughts were a tempest, swirling with the memories of the battle they had barely survived. He glanced at his comrades, each one nursing their wounds, their faces etched with the same weariness and pain that gnawed at his own soul.

"How are you holding up?" Elena's voice broke through the quiet, her presence a beacon of warmth in the dimly lit room. She moved with a grace that belied the exhaustion in her eyes, her hands gentle as she tended to Adrian's injuries.

"I'm fine," Adrian replied, though the word felt like a lie. Fine was a far cry from what he felt. The physical pain was bearable; it was th
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