Chapter Ten
Razed Compound
“It’ll be dawn in a little more than two hours, sir,” Sorcher informed the Second.
“Good.That’ll give us a good head start,” came a voice approaching the wagon.Atty stopped short of climbing aboard to stare at the armed soldiers mounted and waiting for the signal to head out.
Seeing her blink in astonishment, Mastin reminded her, “You said as many as we could spare.Trust me, Atty, I’m leaving as many here to defend Alta Novis as I believe we’ll need.”
She blinked again in disbelief at the nearly one hundred men ready and willing.Had the compound grown so much?
Tossing her pillow into the back of the wagon, she started to climb into the small, narrow seat when an unexpected arm reached out to assist her up.She turned around to see a familiar, yet unfamiliar
