Edwin exhaled deeply, his breath billowing in the biting cold.

He put his axe down for a moment and risked a glance around him.

Three days. Three whole days they'd been chopping firewood to feed the great fires that had been set up in the squares and assembly points in Lambros. Three whole days and still the sergeant hadn't explained why half of them were chopping firewood, while the other half had been set to law and order duties in the city. At least that was proper ...