Kingdom of Ash

heart. They were too desperate, too
outnumbered, for him to deny Lysandra the
task she’d taken on today.
A look over his shoulder had Aedion
confirming that Bane soldiers had the
catapults primed atop the battlements, the Fae
royals ready to use their depleted magic to
levitate the enormous blocks of river-stone
into place. And on the city walls, Fae archers
remained watchful as they waited for their
own signal.
Aedion nocked an arrow into his bow, arm
straining as he pulled back the string.
As one, the army gathered on the city walls
did the same.
“Let’s make this a fight worthy of a song,”
Aedion said.