Chapter Eighteen
Attempt
Those nights when he couldn’t sleep, Lucien tried to trick himself into it by telling himself that, if he remained absolutely still, eventually his body would give up and succumb. Tonight, however, that ruse wasn’t working. He was too wound up, and from the sounds of the other soldiers surrounding them, they were equally restless.
The decision had been made that they would arise before dawn and advance on the compound while it was still dark. had explained that, from experience, the wee hours of the morning were when most guards tended to slack off because of weariness or boredom. At Alta , and at all his other compounds, the battle lord solved that problem by having the guards do shift changes every hour, rather than the usual four.
Unlike his parents, Lucie
