“I am worried. The differences this time are greater than we could possibly have imagined,” Carnell said.
“Do you think your men will experience difficulties in adjusting?”
Carnell sounded uneasy when he responded. “How could they not? Some are coping better than others, but I fear the adjustment will take time we do not have.”
“It is a sad truth, Carnell. The changes in the past hundred years alone have far outstripped the previous six centuries.”
“I worry if we can prepare in time to defeat Lilith,” Carnell questioned quietly.
“I do not know, mon ami1. The world is a very different place now and I doubt Lilith will confine her attacks only to England and France as she did in the past.”
Surprise was clear in Carnell’s voice when he responded. “Where else could Lilith attack? How cou
