Total pages in book: 99
Estimated words: 99529 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99529 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
“And what did you learn?”
“Nai has never improved or expanded my father’s strategies. Why would he when he has always been victorious? I’ve heard descriptions of all his battles. Each one has mimicked my father’s.”
“And how do you know your father’s strategies so well?”
“We were made to study our father’s war movements most of our princely years in the hopes that we would take his place in future wars.”
Xander glanced my way. “Then what should we do in these next nights?”
“Get the Ground Mover to give us a spell or enchantment so that we can fight during the day. There must be something. If we can figure that out, then Nai will be unprepared for us.”
Xander crossed his arms over his chest. “And what about the negotiations for Phinova?”
“Oh, we will meet and negotiate with him.” A wicked smile spread across my face. “We will even give him Phinova.”
Xander quirked his brows. “What?”
“He will think it is her. Surely, the mages have a dead body of a prisoner or traitor somewhere in their village. Let us dress it up like Phinova and put on a red wig.”
“What of the scent?”
“We will do what we can. Perhaps, Seraphine could change the fragrance with her blood mage powers.”
“If Camille can convince her to help us.”
“Yes. That too. Either way, as much as we can, we will have the fake corpse buy us some time by giving it to him.”
Xander wore a skeptical look.
“And on the inside of that corpse, we will put something harmful in it. A spell. A curse. Anything to get rid of his men and level the playing field.” Not wanting to see this lingering threat anymore, I turned around and walked back to the forest. “There will be much to plan.”
Xander followed me. I could feel the nervousness radiating off him. This would be his first war—one that he was not prepared for.
While he had youth and goodness on his side, Nai had everything else.
Will we win?
Can we truly kill my brother?
And if we can’t. . . .what will happen to us all?
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