Chapter Fifteen
Warning
This news stunned them both, and Lucien saw his father immediately tense. “You did? Where? What happened?”
“A few weeks ago. He was leading a battalion of men.” waved at the battle lord. “But they weren’t wearing armor such as that. Or carrying such finely-crafted weapons.”
glanced at his son, and the same thought passed between them before he turned back to the councilman. “Which way were they headed?”
“North, I think.”
“When did you encounter them?”
“At our compound, or what’s left of our compound,” sadly mentioned.
Lucien glanced around and took in what he saw with a fresh eye. Yes, these were all . Or, in case, a combination of full and half-. But they were not all hunters. He was certain at least a couple of them were merchants. Shopkeepers who’d bee
