“Their wars were easier than this one,” Helena said forcefully. “None of them were anything like this, except maybe Orion’s, but even then, it was simpler, because, like Lila just said, he could fill the valley with fire that reached the mountaintops and burn down everything. Even if you could do that, there’s a city with thousands and thousands of people around you. Orion only fought one necromancer in his whole life. There’s no reason to think any of them could fight this war better. You’re doing your best, and if the gods don’t see that, they’re blind—”
“Don’t say things like that,” he said, cutting her off. “That’s not helping.”
Her mouth snapped shut, and she didn’t know what else to say; nothing ever seemed to be right.
“Where the Necromancer had stood, there was nothing but ashes
