Chapter 55 - Strategic Retreat
“What do you mean they are closing in?” Queen Lillian exclaimed, her voice turning pitchy at the end. Jaden raised his eyes to look at his mother, surprised to see her so rattled. The situation could justifiably shake anyone to the core, hearing that they were being surrounded by the largest group of demons they had ever seen, but he had never seen her show her emotions so openly. “How many?” “It’s impossible to say since the last soldiers we sent to scout never returned. But according to the news the ones before them brought, they have noticed three large groups here, here, and here,” Captain Mayern replied, moving his hand over the map and poking his finger in three separate locations surrounding the capital. They were still far off, but the information was almost three days old, so Jad
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