In the days prior to arriving back in Council territory if felt like time stood still, the men came to trust one another after walking a mile in their shoes. The time spent working with my war council making back up plans for our back up plans, it took all my energy and focus. Having Noah and Alaric by my side was what helped me through each day.
I sat in our tent listening to the bustling sounds outside. They laughed with each other it’s a peace I prayed to go over well. In the history books they don’t tell you how the commander feels, or what they are thinking about in the days leading to a big battle. I sit in front of the make shift vanity the men gifted me, a cracked mirror sitting on a lopsided writing desk.
“Your Majesty?” I jumped when O’Leary walked in with a stack of envelope
