Summer 1096 SR
Charlaine stretched her legs. It was a typical warm summer"s day with a gentle breeze blowing in from the sea. The type of weather that ship captains loved. She had a feeling that after two whole weeks of silence, today was the day the enemy would return. She couldn’t explain how she knew, and she certainly said nothing to her fellow sisters sitting nearby, but there was just something in the air.
She glanced over at her small command. Danica was lying on the grass, her helmet removed, the sun bathing her face in warmth. Beside her sat Teresa, her nose in a book, her own helmet resting on the ground nearby. Aurelia was the only one standing, gazing east and west, on the alert for any sign of smoke.
Similar groups of Temple Knights stood all along the coast, ready to react
