“Something about sneaking into an occupied town doesn’t sit right with me, either,” Thomas said, sitting on his bunk. “You sure you want to volunteer for this?” The idea hardly brought her much joy either. Traipsing through the cold plains in the dark with an ancient disease skulking in the shadows was bad enough, only made worse by the equally murderous evil that resided in the town. She remembered what Lady Riskar had explained to her, however. “They told me that they need someone to identify Ragnar if he’s there,” she said. “The sooner we can bring him back to us safe, the better.” “Do we even know the bigger plan for all of this?” Thomas said. “Are we going to invade this town? Attack it? We’re not an army.” “There are a lot of unknowns at play,” Dieter said, standing beside the d

