By sunrise, Ravencrest no longer looked like home.
Smoke covered the horizon.
The walls were crowded with soldiers.
Messengers ran through the fortress carrying reports that grew worse with every passing minute.
The five Alpha Kings had come.
Not one army.
Not two.
Five.
Their banners stretched across the plains like a sea of black and red.
Kael stood on the highest section of the fortress wall, staring at them.
"They're here."
I stood beside him.
My hands were cold.
"How many?"
He didn't answer immediately.
That frightened me more than any number could have.
Finally, he said,
"Enough."
Damian joined us.
"The western army has already surrounded the outer villages."
Kael's expression hardened.
"What about the eastern road?"
"Blocked."
"South?"
"Three divisions."
Kae
