ELEVEN
The Border
Fall 964 MC
Beverly reined in Lightning, coming to a halt before the queen. "We've spotted them, Your Majesty," she said. "They're approaching from the north."
"How many?" asked Gerald.
"A sizable force," said Beverly, "likely a hundred or more."
"That many?" said Aubrey.
"We ARE a rather large force ourselves," said Anna. "And they can't have us marching through their territory without an escort."
"I wish Revi were here with us," said Aubrey. "He could use Shellbreaker to spy them out."
"Speaking of Revi," said Anna, "is there any news?"
"The last I heard," said Aubrey, "they'd managed to activate the mirror for viewing purposes, but they're still trying to determine how to travel through it."
"Interesting," said Anna. "What did they see?"
"Our initial conjec
