Estrella

The moon hung heavy over the treetops, casting silver light on the valley below. From where I stood atop the ridge, the walls of Mallory stretched like a serpent in the darkness…ancient, proud, and soon to be broken.

I exhaled slowly, the weight of my anticipation turning my breath to fog in the chill night air.

The time had come.

Behind me, hundreds of my rogue army waited in tense silence, their eyes glowing in the dark, muscles coiled like springs.

I turned toward my ...