Into Battle

“What is she doing?” Callum coughed. The young knight fighting to breathe as he sent the older knight, Roderick a worried look.

“Making the perimeter. They won’t be able to breathe if they try to leave.”

“We have to ride through that!”

“We can get through faster than they can. We’re on horseback. Just hold your breath boy.”

“This is foolish.” Callum jerked his horse’s rein. Tempted to turn back. Despite all his brave words from the night before.

Rodrick didn’t argue.

“Forward.” Detry waved. But he waited for Roderick, Callum and many of the others to go through first.

There was much coughing and gasping.

And many knights immediately turned back. Afraid of the place where breathing became nearly impossible.

“What are you waiting for!” Detry bellowed. Drawing his short sword to point in the direction. “Get through!”

They were surely creating enough racket that the wolf pack would be sure to know they were