Chapter Thirty-Four
Marl looked around the table and met each person’s eye. He turned to Oritas and said, “This is your post; with your permission, I’d like to lay things out as I see them.”
Oritas stood and said, “I’ve known you for a long time. My men are mostly dead, and the four that remain are broken and exhausted. We’ve not slept in days. The gods sent you to our door for a reason. You and I have fought enough battles together that I know you’ve got a good mind for strategy. If you’ve got a plan, then my men and I will do what we can. We’re at your service my friend.”
Marl clasped forearms with Oritas, gave him a nod, and said, “This was not what you all signed up for. We headed out to rid this land of the menace of a dragon, Aldrei, but this is not the dragon I expected to find.
