“You will really let us go free?” One of the guards asked, getting a shout of resentment from the boy in the process.  “You can go where you like but the boy, as much as he is annoying, stays.” Braydon hoped that his  hostage plan worked fast because he did not want to be stuck with a child shouting at …

“So how do you propose we get those gates open?” The mercenary captain asked Braydon. Roan would be arriving later that day with the rest of his men but they had not made much progress on taking the walls of Damaz in the day’s time that they had besieged the town. “They have all of the gates on tight watch …

“Your Highness, there is significant movement amongst the rebels.” An advisor said after he entered her study. “They are pulling back some men?” Alima looked at the advisor completely unsurprised by the news. She had already received word from Braydon over two weeks prior that he was going to start moving in to ‘secure his stolen iron’. If anything, she …

“My lord, we have a big problem.” A guard came into the tent looking flustered. This was not an unusual occurrence to him since Duchess Regent’s forces liked to keep them on their toes.  “And what has happened this time?” Lord Haliz responded in a measured tone, not nearly as concerned as the guard before him. He had noticed for …

“In the name of my lord, I ask you to lay down your arms and we will let you go freely.” Roan announced to the garrison of the castle that Braydon had sent him to take. He still had to meet back up with Braydon to take on more challenging targets so he wanted to end it as quickly as …

“Roan I want you to take half of our men to take the other castle we have scouted out.” Braydon, now inside his newly acquired castle, was already planning what they would do next. As much as he would love to stop and rest in his new abode, that would mean giving his enemies more time to react than they …

“How long do you think this will take, Sire?” Roan asked, mildly curious of Braydon’s opinion. The siege ladders had already been prepared and now all they were waiting for was Braydon’s go ahead to make their way towards the walls. “An hour at most. Once we have any kind of foothold on the walls it is over.” That was …

“Roan, send our scouts towards the second castle. If there are any movements from there I want to know about it as soon as possible.” Braydon, Roan and the captain of the mercenaries stood in his tent planning their actions now that they had made camp and had started the siege of the first castle they would need to secure …

“Glad you could join us on shorter notice than I would have hoped.” Braydon thanked the leader of the mercenary company that he had hired. He had only sent his letter to the man the night before but the entire company was already in Cliforge from Wathamalin by noon afternoon the next day. Paying a premium to hire such a …

“Well, look at that, he seems to like you!” Nela congratulated as she patted Braydon on the back. Their meeting with Geir had ended and he would stay a few more days whilst he deliberated his decision. “What part of that looked like him liking me?” Braydon had to ask. The whole time that they had been speaking, Geir had …