Warrior Queen (Skeleton Key)
“The last message had said they were only a ten day march away. She should be able to see them by now. They should be about four days away, maybe five. But there was nothing on the horizon.
She stayed high and wheeled south. It didn’t take long before she saw the camp fires of the invaders glittering in the dark. There were so many. Beyond them, further to the south, she knew that farms had been burned after they’d stolen whatever food they could. They ate any animal they could get their hands on.
Further south again were their boats. She had made that discovery early on when the first refugees from her cities to the south had arrived. Runners and messenger birds had delivered more news.
She had, of course, ceased all trade immediately.
The invaders had been surprised that she knew of the army. They had thought to come into her city under the banner of trade and negotiations. They had wanted to make her think they came with peaceful intent.
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