"I want all of you up and alert," Ramon spoke. "No one should drop his guard down. No one should slumber and take his eyes away from his post. Is that perfectly understood?"
"Yes, your majesty," the soldiers chorused.
He raised his hand, and they dispersed.
I scanned through the surroundings. The demolished buildings were a reflection of my soul. Burnt down and unable to rise up. Ashes rose to the sky even after the fire had been put out.
But the damage was not as depressing as the mood around me. On my far left, the priestess stood by a woman who was sprawled on the floor with her dead child in her arms, wailing to the heavens. The priestess did everything she could to try to comfort the woman, but it was no use. The woman just wailed louder.
My gaze lowered from the woman's tear-s
