Summer 966 MC
Gerald stared across the open field. At the other end lay the walls of Summersgate and their enemy. Somewhere in that city was Brida. He knew their occupation would quickly unravel if they could capture her or kill her. He heard someone approaching and wheeled to see Anna.
"Come to watch the play?" he asked.
"The play?"
"Yes. It occurs to me we are much like actors on a stage, each playing our role."
"And yet it"s a play without an end."
He smiled. "I see what you did there. That"s clever."
She moved closer, standing beside him to gaze out at the distant capital. "Will we get in, do you think?"
"Getting in isn"t the problem. It"s those dragons that have me worried. We need to lure them out."
"And how do we do that?"
"I have an idea, but it"s risky."
"Do tell," said
