~YULIA
I felt the way the atmosphere in the room suddenly switched from calmness to tension.
I looked at all the brothers and they each had a way of showing that the guard's words had gotten to them.
Issa dropped his spoon. Ian's hand fell away from my thigh while Icelyn's aura got colder. Then he dropped his spoon and rose from his seat.
"Tell me exactly what happened," he stated.
The man bowed again. "They began the attack this morning and they came in numbers. It's almost as if they got help from someone and the commander feared that they would get in. . ." He trailed. "Which is why he sent me to get you."
"What is the situation now? Have they broken through our defenses?" Icelyn asked.
The man shook his head. "It's still holding perfectly. But the Commander insis
