157 Long Way Home
The goodbye was emotional but short. The convoy needed to get the wounded well back from the fighting before full dark since the mundane army didn't respect medical vehicles.
The two Elders were also summoned to provide security and pick up a freshly trained unit of men at the military academy, so they were catching a ride with the wounded and would be in touch when they could.
That left Wolfe with just over twenty witches who were still in fighting shape but only ten who could currently use mana, and that ten included the servants who were only beginning to recover.
It wasn't exactly the special forces, but it was enough firepower to get back into the Wastes safely if they didn't run into a main army unit.
The group had been looking to Cassie and Ella for leadership since they were the strongest of them, which meant that now everyone looked to Wolfe.