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.” [...]