CHAPTER 5KELLORY DEPARTS
For the next two days the legion marched deeper into the North, encountering neither resistance nor welcome. All of the land seemed to be deserted by men, the farmhouses vacant, the inns empty and abandoned. It was as if Grand Khev had called in every man, either for their protection or its defense.
Duke Almery did not like the notion.
“It looks as though the Thungoda have moved against the city of your royal father,” he said to Carthalla one evening as they sat in his tent, sharing wine.
“How soon will we know if your suspicions are true?” asked the girl. He shrugged.
“I have dispatched my scouts, mounted on the swiftest ponies,” he said. “When they return, we will know. I pray to the gods we will arrive in time to relieve the city, if it lies under siege.”
