"You reckless bastard," I cry, throwing my arms around him, crying. "I could have killed you."
"Not with that swing you couldn't have," he says, his smirk audible on his face.
"Cousin," Kayden says from behind us. "What happened outside?"
"We set up some traps before they got here, we used the mountain and lake to draw them back," he says, putting me down. "Its a temporary hold, but we didn't lose anyone in this fight."
"So it wasn't Zander's army?" I ask.
"More mercenaries," he says. "Zander is still on the move over here. He should be coming soon."
"What are we going to do?" I ask.
"What we always do," Ash smiles. "We're going to fight."
I look around at all the wounded around me, wondering how my people are going to bring it on themselves to fight for this country when we are no
