Into the Darkness

[Ascendancy]

Theirs was the kind of tension before a battle that Nikolai loathed. Every ounce of his intuition demanded strategy and planning. He had contingency plans for everything, but he hadn’t considered Nox would invite Atharim into their midst. That one of them might channel bode the smallest sliver of understanding, though. Another former Atharim who could channel would aide the power to their side, but the women were expendable, and clearly hell-bent on extinguishing their mortal enemy.

Carpenter’s suggestion was approved. “Be quick about it,” was all the Ascendancy said before addressing Nox, Marcus and Allan once more.

"The horde has expanded. That’s not unexpected even if your timetable had accelerated. Are they advancing from the same direction at least?” he asked.