Chapter 46 Andrew The thing they had been telling the council for weeks had finally begun. The siege of Hollens. As Andrew looked out over the plain, he saw not just a group of Dark Ones that had followed those from Cabineral and had been waiting outside the gates for well over a week. Now there were at least three other battalions, and they had brought siege weapons. He watched in awe and horror as the ranks to the far left began the slow trudge to the gates, pushing a heavy battering ram between them. The large fire harden log swung on heavy chains, its spiked wheels slowly tearing the ground apart as it crept forward. The Dark Ones who pushed the machine surrounded by a ring of additional guard, who held shields ready to ford off any attacks. The soldiers on the wall stumbled and cla

