‘Right, you two, keep that lot back and out of our way as best you can. You two, start shifting the barricade,’ he snapped at the militiamen, who warily began to comply. ‘Ioan, don’t worry!’ he said, seeing the dwarf begin to sprint forward with a concerned look on his face. Then raising his voice so that as many people in the room could hear, ‘There is a force of troops pushing their way through the Lupine savages to help defend our position. I need as many strong backs as possible to help clear the barricade and be ready to throw it back into place once they’re inside. Everyone else, get back as much as possible!’
After a moment’s hesitation, Ioan, who had been staring intently at Gwilym, weighing up the truth of what his fellow dwarf had said, turned and began to shout his own orders i
