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As a growing unease ate away at her gut, she looked up at Cayan.
His jaw was set and frustration raged through his emotions. Over that was steadfast confidence. He wouldn’t want to leave his people so soon after an invasion, if ever. He’d want to merge with other armies and try to fight Xandre on his home turf. She didn’t need him to confirm all that with words, she knew it as sure as she was standing there.
Shanti bit back an explosive urge to punch something.
“Burson was wrong about getting our city back,” Cayan said, reading her as easily as she did him.
“He said it would be best to wait, not that it would be impossible if we didn’t.” Shanti was walking before she even knew where she was going. Feeling her emotions, her people filed in around her. “He isn’t wrong, Cayan. We have to kill Xavier before he can get his army organized and more officers trained. Waiting here is as good as killing all of your people.”
“Waiting here is death,” Kallon agreed in a somber voice. “His army spans the land. Most aren’t trained well, but they will act as the waves of the ocean, coming in force, one after the other, until they wash us all away.”
“He’s right,” Shanti said. “Even with all of our allies in one place, it wouldn’t be enough. Xandre is decades ahead of us, and he won’t fail again. Our time is limited.”
Cayan was quiet for a time, his emotions turbulent. Finally he said, “As soon as enough Shadow get here to secure the city with mental power, and we’re sure the women archers can help bolster the ranks, we’ll take the next step.”
Shanti let out a breath. Her heart started to thump. The final leg of her long journey was about to begin. It was time to fulfill her duty and kill Xandre, or die trying.
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