As she stepped outdoors and headed down, to the harbour entrance, she saw the armada that approached the town, and the ship it was chasing. She shook her head. Trust Merry to bring trouble to my door.
The fourteenth and thirteenth regiments were already in place, lined up around the harbour, protecting the entrances to the town. She went and stood beside Bellica Agate, gave the woman a nod, and readied her crossbow.
Attack my town, will you? she thought, looking at the approaching Vocan ships. A smile took her face. She'd not had a good fight in years. She'd have to thank Merry for bringing the Vocan scum in range of her arrows but only after scolding him for bringing danger to her people.
That could wait. Right now, the only thought that occupied her mind was spilling Vocan blood. The
