Chapter 238

RUMAL LEANED HARD OUT AND felt his stomach drop. Over the tops of the mountains leading into the valley more enemy marched. Thousands of troops of armed Arumites.

He cursed, pounding a fist against his thigh while Kassie demanded to know who they were.

'Arumites, Kass. Our guys are screwed.'

'What do we do? Do we attack them?' Kerak asked.

'No, Kerak. We deal with the dragons.'

'What'll we do?' Kassie shrieked against the wind. 'We need to split up, we could tackle those troops.'

Gritting his teeth Rumal pulled her close, unable to keep the harsh sound from his voice when he spoke in her ear. 'We deal with the dragons. When the way to the castle is clear, we leave. We have our orders.'

Kassie struggled in his hold, twisting to stare at his face, her eyes angry and lips pale.

'No! We can't, we have to help!'

They had seconds before they reached the other griffons. Rumal caught her chin with his fingers, eyes boring into hers and in an angry but even tone, snapped. 'We follow o