“Focus child, you have much to do.” The voice said to me as I scrambled to get everything ready. Pissing off Tetraphia had brought me her rival goddess, Irelesti, who wanted to claim the city for her own. She excitedly told me what was coming and how to thwart it, and whispered encouragement while I defied Queen Mannix. I was f*****g terrified, no way around it, but I was confident that whatever the hell was going on was going to be okay.
Mannix sent her dragon riders ahead to the city, and I knew the only place they could land was the courtyard. It was the only place within the gates that they could fit, and the surprise I had waiting for them would give any stragglers enough time to get to the stronghold. “CHARGE!” Mannix screamed to her ranks, and they all started to move.
I felt th
