Chapter Forty-Four Talon Talon leaned against a wall in a room that had been taken over in the fortress for discussions. Brianne was seated next to Marshall and Bellamy leaned against the wall in the opposite corner. The room was crowded, many of the people he recognised from fighting along side them. This hadn’t been what he’d expected of the summons. At the front of the room, the officers sat facing the crowd. Briant held up his hand for silence. He rose from the stool he sat on, officers from his army and those of the Terstens on either side of him, rebel leaders mixed in amongst them. “We’re looking for squads and units willing to volunteer to help us take the Holy City, entering through the hidden passages. Today we learned Elden, the impostor Supreme One, left before the city was

