Hadjar smiled again, as did Elaine, Lathea, Einen, and Helmer, who were also standing beside him.
The six of them stood on the balustrade and basked in the sun, getting a little respite from the smoke and ash that had not yet settled over the city.
It had only been two days since the Moon army had captured the fortress and fully gotten past its walls. They’d barely made it over the walls and the moat when the enemy cavalry had come galloping up from behind them. Unfortunately for the gods, and fortunately for the mortals, that vanguard had found only the ruins of the barbican, burned siege towers, broken moat walls, and a securely-fastened drawbridge that would remain raised even if its mechanisms were destroyed by cannon fire.
There was still the east wall to repair, since it had been
