SEVENTEEN
Fitz
SUMMER 965 MC
Baron Fitzwilliam stared at the distant fortress. "It's an imposing sight."
"That it is," agreed Herdwin, "and it will take some time to bring down that wall."
"How much time?"
"A few weeks, maybe even as much as a month." He looked at his Human companion, but the baron did not appear pleased. "We'll get in, eventually," he soothed.
"I know we will, but every day we're delayed here, is another day the rest of the army is in danger. We must combine our forces if we have any hope of defeating this host of spirits."
"Could we bypass Galburn's Ridge altogether?"
"No," said Fitz. "That only would serve to endanger our supply lines. I just wish there were some way to speed up this siege."
One of the trebuchets took that moment to lob a stone. They both watc
