CHAPTER 8
Conal
For two days, Conal’s army swarmed north, moving as quickly as possible, yet not so fast as to tire. He spent most of the time either with Lorkan or Storri discussing battle plans and listening to their counsel based upon years of experience. Of especial concern was remaining unnoticed for as long as possible. Scouts had been deployed well to their front and flanks to provided early warning. Likewise, Conal had the two mages pay attention to the skies for messenger birds.
Korla wasn’t especially happy to be relegated to birdwatching and decided to check in with Kalan only to have to listen to his boastful exploits of getting to ride a dragon and some adventure in a pub where he threw a table at some of Torian’s soldiers. The way he told it, he was having the time of his
