For all they'd seen the city from the hill, it took another week for the caravan to arrive. Sarandia carried Thuria in a sling on her breast. Harald watched her check a hundred times a day that she breathed and thrived. She chuckled and laughed through the days and had an incredible appetite. Siana found some cloths to swaddle her. 

They rolled up to the city and Harald had to force himself not to gawk. Bellopolis had no true wall. No need, for it had been built after his ...