Jake had been watching as all the sneak attacks he'd planned had started to reduce the numbers of Qistina's army. Then they had all vanished appearing not far outside of the palace. Then to his amazement she lost far more than he'd planned. Out of the over ten thousand she'd started she only had about five thousand left. Shaking his head Jake knew they had a better chance but, with that many, she still had numbers on her side. He'd hoped that the collapsing ground trick would have taken more. Well at least she was down to half, now they wouldn't die as quickly. Shaking his head as he watched as Qistina was screaming out orders. Jake was wracking his brains for another trick that would even things up. A sudden idea hit him as he rushed to the council and the royal family to see if it was

