She felt Aedion’s stare, the well-hidden agony and worry. But the general said, “Eldrys was to thin our numbers, make us doubt Morath’s wisdom by sending his grunts here. He wants us to underestimate him. If we move to the border, we’ll have the foothills to slow his advance. We know that terrain; he doesn’t. We can wield it to our advantage.” “And if he cuts through Oakwald?” Lord Gunnar pointed to the road past Endovier. “What then?” Ren Allsbrook replied this time. “Then we know that terrain as well. Oakwald has no love for Erawan or his forces.
