Kane threw the map across the table so hard it slid onto the floor.
"Less than a day," Kane said. "We just got back. Fighters are exhausted, wounded, and now we're told the biggest Concord force yet is already moving on the cave."
Cassius, who had ridden in from Marrow Ridge only hours earlier, gripped the table's edge hard. "We can't gather that many fighters in one day. Not fresh ones."
"Then we go with what we have," Kane said.
Reeve, still favoring old wounds, shook his head slowly. "That's not a plan, Kane. That's a wish."
"I know," Kane said, frustration cracking through his exhausted voice. "But sitting here talking about it doesn't slow the Concord down either."
Corvina entered fast, her face pale. "My people confirm it. The force gathering near the cave, it's bigger than any
