(Rowan)
I'm on the eastern border when the attack comes. It's three hours after Kael finally agreed to rest. The sun is high. Mid afternoon.
Slate, my wolf, senses them before I see them. 'Movement. Northeast.'
'How many?'
'Twenty. Maybe twenty five.'
I reach out through the mind link. 'Eastern border under attack. Twenty to twenty five hostiles approaching from the northeast.'
'Hold position,' Kael responds. 'Reinforcements coming.'
I have fifteen warriors with me. Ten Moonridge, three Clearwater, two Silvermist. We're spread across the eastern border patrol route.
'All units, converge on my position,' I order through the link. 'Enemy incoming from northeast.'
The warriors respond immediately. Moving fast. Within two minutes, all fifteen are with me.
Then I see them. Silverpeak
