Tolanda had also ran out of the clinic lagging but she was just behind the king and the princes having all heard the alarm horn, she saw them hurry to the steps at the wall to look out over it but the soldiers at the bottom stopped her as a civilian from going after them. Another horn sounded but this one came from the battlefield and sounded more like an announcement rather than a call to battle. Tolanda called up to Ievos who allowed her to enter and she joined at his side, standing close. Briefly sparing a glance to Iefyr who looked pained when his eyes fell upon her, then they all looked out to the approaching army.
“That is not an elven horn,” Ievos said as they looked out over the outer walls. The markets beyond the walls had all packed up and were hurrying to get behind the city w
