Noah.
"Speak!" I roared, dropping to one knee beside the gasping soldier and grabbing him firmly by the shoulder. "What happened out there?"
The guard swallowed hard, his hands trembling as he clutched his bleeding side. "Alpha... it is a sneak attack! We spotted a massive strike force of Vincent's men—less than three miles from our northern perimeter! They bypassed the river pass entirely and moved through the high mountain trails!"
My eyes widened in sheer shock.
A sneak attack?
The bastard hadn't waited for the quadruplets to march on his ridge. While we were preparing our forces in the courtyard, Vincent had sent a surprise army straight through the back roads, aiming to catch us completely off guard and hit my pack house directly.
Heavy, thunderous footsteps crunched across the gravel as Aidan, Davian, and Damien rushed over from their war horses, their broadswords already drawn, their eyes burning with lethal intent.
