“Repel them you say, but, Wita, do you have a plan as to how this can even be achieved?”
“Not yet. We must do everything possible,” he stressed again. “Alana may eventually be able to stop Íkelos summoning more, if that's even his intention, but we still need something in place to destroy those who have already breached our realm. We need these weapons.”
“We need a plan,” Alessia countered firmly.
“And any plan must first start with a means to defend ourselves. In the meantime, each second we debate this only adds to the lives lost. We must get word to the towns. We must warn them of what is coming, advise them how to stay safe, and where to seek sanctuary until we can find a way to do what is expected of us.” Alessia looked at him with such intensity he almost recoiled. Her calculating
