The Last Heiress
It felt like killing something in self-defense, which it was, but it also felt like killing something that was trying to do exactly the same thing to me.
By sunset, we were exhausted. But the barrier was still holding, and the Scourge had withdrawn out of arrow range, as if they were settling in for a longer siege.
"They're not going to rush us," Thorne said that evening, addressing the fighters. "They could, probably, but they're choosing not to. Which suggests they've got time, and they know they've got time. Which means this is going to be a siege, not a quick assault."
"How long can we hold?" Solace asked.