Kingdom of Ash

But Aedion was still staring at the plain—
at the figures on horseback galloping to
Orynth’s walls. Making sure they all returned.
“How long will that stop them?”
Evangeline asked.
Everyone, Darrow included, turned to the
girl. No one had an answer. No lie to offer.
So they again faced the army gathered on
the plain, its farthest reaches now visible.
“One hundred thousand,” Ansel of
Briarcliff announced softly.