Reeve dropped the scouting report on the table so hard the torch beside it nearly toppled.
"They're not stopping," Reeve said. "Confirmed pace, confirmed direction. Less than a day out."
Kane studied the map, exhaustion warring with the need for clear command. "Numbers."
"Larger than Ferris," Reeve said. "Larger than anything we've faced since Dorian's original assault on this town."
Cassius, still favoring wounds from the previous battle, leaned over the table beside him. "My fighters are stretched thin. Marrow Ridge can spare reinforcement, but not the full force we'd need to comfortably hold against numbers like that."
"Then we don't hold comfortably," Kane said. "We hold however we can."
Corvina entered then, her posture carrying a different weight than usual, something decided r
