The council chambers had more than its regular members in it, due to so many key lords already being in Dragon Bane. The stretched out map of Rune already had pieces on it, indicating who had militant forces where.
Vera was slowly walking, eyeing the map, hands clasped behind her back. This was why she’d been so restless last night - a part of her country was under attack.
“Do we know who they are?” Lord Maple asked.
“Zanzans,” King Darren answered. “Ainestown is the only place that they didn’t completely overtake. And it’s where the people from the other towns have ran to.”
“I will send a raven to Wolf Heart,” Lord Rayne stated. “It’ll take two fortnights for the first wave of the Wolves to reach the western coast. Another fortnight for the rest that have to be retrieved from further
