Aldrath received the message at the command tent and read it three times.
He read it the first time for the words. He read it the second time for the meaning beneath the words. He read it the third time for the decision that the meaning demanded.
The Horde was telling him that the Horde was not going to attack the capital. The Horde was telling him that the barbarians were the threat. The Horde was telling him that his thirty-one thousand soldiers were watching the wrong enemy.
"The orcish commander is giving me permission to redeploy," Aldrath said, to the empty tent.
