Fall 964 MC
"How did you find me?" asked Beverly.
"You forget," said Albreda, "a part of me is in that hammer of yours. We are connected, you and I, by powers that few can understand."
"We must get our injured to help," said Beverly. "Did you happen to bring Aubrey with you?"
"I"m afraid not, and the situation is perilous, to say the least."
"Why, what"s happened?"
"Even as we speak, Norland troops are outside of Uxley," said Albreda.
"Uxley," said Beverly, "that far? What of Hawksburg and Tewsbury?"
"Bypassed. It seems they planned this invasion very carefully. They took us quite by surprise."
"Shouldn"t you be there, with them?" asked Beverly. "After all, you"re our most powerful mage."
"I"m flattered that you think so," the druid replied, "but the truth is that the battle of U
