CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Royce was one of the first to reach the spot where the battle was due to happen; he made sure of that. He rode forward from the mass of the army with Gwylim loping at his side and Ember flying overhead. He wasn’t going to send anyone to fight in a place that he hadn’t been before. Yes, he’d seen it all in the Mirror of Wisdom, but with so many lives on the line, he wanted to be sure.
The space south of the village formed a vast open field. By the fading light of the day, he could still see all of it. There was a road leading north and east, toward the coast, and Royce found himself thinking of the message his brothers had received from Genevieve. If the battle were going to happen, he would have to send people to defend against the threat coming from there. Perhaps he wou
