The Wolf (Under the Northern Sky #1)

by Leo Carew

The survivors they encountered were able to point out to Roper’s forces the places they had buried their food supplies, supplementing the legions’ rations as they advanced. And, seven days after marching from the Hindrunn, they found their first Sutherners. Outriding Skiritai discovered a band of stragglers, slowed down by half a dozen enslaved Anakim women that they dragged with them. The Skiritai made short work of the Sutherners, releasing the women. From that point on, they encountered pockets of stragglers every few miles. Knowing this must mean they were drawing near the main Suthern horde, Roper sent the Skiritai ranging further than ever before, scouring the hills for leagues around the army. On the eleventh day, they discovered the enemy. A pair of mounted rangers reported to Roper. They had found soldiers by their thousand, perhaps six leagues, they said, to the north-west.