Maica stepped out on the castle turrets and surprised Galwin who bowed hastily. “Your highness, you should remain out of sight. You make a target of yourself.”

“Thank you Galwin but I feel safe enough with you and your men.”

Maica stepped over to the wall and looked down at the army below. “How many men?”

“Perhaps a thousand Majesty.”

“’Tis a small force and easily crushed when reinforcements arrive.”

“So it seems. But I recall the army was much bigger than this when they landed and destroyed the catapults. I expect they seek to lure us out to attack them with false confidence given their size. The rest of...