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DEFENDING THE CITY
The next few days went by very slowly for everyone in the carriage, despite Lightfoot and Swiftwind galloping along the road as fast as they could. They all knew that the longer they took to get to the Royal City, the closer to it the demons would be and the less time they would have to evacuate everyone.
As Hogwash finally pulled up to the city's golden gates on the evening of the fourth day, Ramble looked down at his hands and saw that he'd chewed every one of his finger nails in his anxiety. He hadn't heard from Wilhelmina since he'd spoken to her about the army, and the time they had before the demons arrived was only an estimate. 'You shouldn't panic so much,' Mr Rogers said. 'Panic only leads to mistakes. Besides, this plan of yours is so downright mad that i
