"Are you certain, my lady?" asked Olorus.
"Certain as death," she said.
"Shall we split into columns, then?" asked Worth. "Drive them back to either side of the city and come down from multiple angles?"
Leah shook her head. "Coblyns do not retreat, Captain Worth. Driving them back is not our objective. We charge to exterminate them to the last, nothing less." She turned to Olorus. "Bring the cavalry forward, please. I will lead the charge."
Hook lowered the spyglass and shot Leah a look. Worth gaped at her but said nothing. Olorus only smiled as he cried, "Cavalry! Forward!"
Leah heard the clomping of hooves as the lines repositioned. The hood of her cloak was drawn up to guard against the wintry breeze, but now she threw it back. She closed her fingers around her saber and raised it
