thudPeople started to cheer, thrusting fists into the air. “We will not yield to their hatred!” Dusep shouted. “As of this moment, we are at war!” All the cheering stopped as people realize the implications. Anna felt sick to her stomach. The battle on Alios was only a small taste of what they would endure. The Ragnosians weren"t going to back down in the face of aggression. They would step up their attacks. This war might eventually come to Leyria itself. And the alternative was just as bad. If the combined forces of Leyria and Antaur managed to overpower Ragnos, would her people show mercy when their blood was hot? Somehow, she didn"t think so. Dusep wasn"t finished with his tirade. He stepped forward with teeth bared, snarling like a wounded animal. “For years now, I have said that

