ZURI

The chants reached us before the men did. I could almost feel the earth shaking.

I stood at the edge of the courtyard. Amelia and Denny were close behind me. My fingers were pressed so tightly together that they trembled.

Torches blazed on every wall, flames dancing wild in the night wind, but the real fire came from the roar of voices beyond the gates.

Then they appeared.

It was an ocean of men. Their armors were slick with blood, and their horses pounded the ground until the earth ...