The caravan’s stop at Parm let him get rid of the irritating priest, who said something about joining the temple of Kaisa there, and then they were back on the road. Another couple of weeks passed in relative peace as they rolled across the northern plains to Vallum, and from there up to Banner, the [...]

“You’ll have to hand over your cargo,” the farmer said nervously, standing on the other side of a log studded with wooden stakes that had been drawn across the road. “We won’t let you go any farther, and we could use whatever’s in those wagons.” It seemed the farmer was trying to be polite. He [...]

“Lieutenant!” the Priestess of Anya called to him, walking over to where he was standing with Jaret beside the wagons. He sighed to himself, but tried to hide it from her. It didn’t pay to tick off your only healer. The woman had better eyes than half his scouts, and she wouldn’t stop following him [...]

The next week of the caravan trip passed in relative peace, and the supply train arrived in Cilis with only a few burn marks and one guard to bury as a memory of the attack. They’d buried what was left of the archers in the field, stripped their weapons and gear, and left them there [...]

“Lieutenant, two things came for you yesterday afternoon.” Captain Felim nodded in brief welcome as Allen entered the supply office. He held up a large brown paper envelope and a smaller, white envelope and passed both to Allen as he passed by the captain’s desk on the way to his own. “You’re popular it seems.” [...]