Summer 1096 SR
A gentle breeze blew in from across the water, cooling their sweating bodies as they hefted the timbers into place. With the last support finished, they began fastening the cross beams, solid planks to strengthen the structure. Once complete, they would begin construction of the platform itself.
Charlaine stepped back, admiring the work they had completed thus far. Danica was tamping down the dirt where they had anchored the vertical posts.
“This is much harder than I thought it would be,” she complained.
“The outpost was far more difficult,” Charlaine reminded her.
“Yes, but we had more people assisting. It feels like it"s only the four of us doing all this work.”
Teresa laughed. “That’s because it IS just the four of us.”
Aurelia looked up from her work. She was usi
