Firebrand - Chapter 600: The Path Ahead

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The Path Ahead

The Khivan incursion had disrupted the usual reprieve that winter brought from campaigning, but a month of frost and cold remained after they had been driven back across the river, giving Martel time to himself. He and Eleanor had not been sent back to the outpost, given the absence of enemy soldiers in the region; their defeat had bloodied the Khivans sufficiently to warrant a larger retreat, it appeared. Still, Martel knew it would not last; at best, once spring ...