The newly assembled group stayed put in the tower momentarily. Rochelle cautiously looked out the door that lead into the gardens. She could hear muffled voices and only managed to understand that they had had enough and were returning to the sea.
She breathed a sigh of relief and watched the dark group exit. She brought her bow around and notched an arrow nonetheless. "They have left, Yr Saldan has fallen from his own folly and his clan does not choose to fight any longer." She stepped out into the new dawn and made her way down the garden path.
No one was in sight, and as the company moved along the main wall of the palace, even the front gate had been left unguarded. Her eyes darted from the rooftop to the corners, yet she saw nothing save a carraige moving to the maingate.
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Ad Astra Per Aspera (A rough road leads to the stars)
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens"
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