Chapter 21: Ready Before Dawn

Chapter 21: Ready Before Dawn

The next morning, Darion was not the first one up.

He discovered this when he walked to his window after waking and looked down at the courtyard. The knights were already there, every single one of them, or close to it, gathered outside the barracks in the early grey light before the sun had properly risen. Some were sharpening weapons, the sound of stone on steel carrying faintly up to where he stood. Others were in small groups talking, gesturing, working something out between themselves.

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