Twenty-seven • The Unexpected

•Benjamin•

"What do you think?" The Duke asked as he stood a few feet behind me.

I stood up from the squatting position that I was in and said, "It's more than I expected."

"I figure that it was worth the cumbersome journey?"

"Don't get smart with me, Sir Percy," I said as I reached out my hand to a maid who escorted us to the site in Wilsur. She handed a small towel to me and I used it to wipe my hands from the dirt that coated them. "How is the security here?"

"I doubled it last week and the attacks reduced."

"That's not good enough."

"It isn't. The number of traders has reduced drastically since the attacks started and if we don't completely stop this, Wilsur will be abandoned."

I hummed and drank in the sight in front of me. Wilsur was right at the border. Not only was it a popular tourist attraction but it was one of Reechidre's top five trading locations.

What was once a beautiful city that was filled with culture was now barely standing. The tall buildings were broken w