80 And then It happened.

James

The battle was fully on.

I could not shake off what Caspian had said about attacking the mansion, but I trusted Tristan and Lyle to handle it. We just had to keep going until the end.

Paul and I tag-teamed Caspian's people, and with it was a full-blown battle.

Soon his people began to back out.

It appeared they were not expecting to fight.

I could understand them to be that way since Caspian had held on to the Woodclaw through blackmail and fear, but it all did not seem to work.

I advanced toward Caspian when suddenly, people from the sea began to shoot at us. The bullets met their mark.

"It's lead," Someone linked me, and I got angry. I was grateful it wasn't silver but pissed off because we had almost won.

I looked at Caspian, and he began to laugh. I wondered who would come to his aid. I now understood why they had lined up at the port for the battle. They were waiting for help.

Some of our men began to shoot at the attackers blindly, but that did not stop them from