ALDRIC'S POV "Are you sure that's going to work? I mean, I'm hoping it does, but what if it doesn't? Don't get me wrong. Not like I'm trying to be negative or anything like that, but you don't know these people as well as I do, Aldric—they're the worst. But the worst part, the part that scares me the most about all of this, is the difference in numbers. The difference is way too much. These people are far too many in number, Aldric. Their warriors alone are about double the entire population of Red Dawn. I fear what will happen if this doesn't work." ... "Aldric?" ... "Aldric, are you even listening to me?" I'm currently standing in Silas' office, going over the land documents that he wanted me to see this morning before we started on anything else. I made the terrible mistake of ask