Chapter 17

Mara's POV

We caught the Concord transport at the northern gorge because Gideon had once complained that I spent too much money repairing that road.

I remembered the drainage cut I had ordered beneath the east slope. Tamsin used it to bring eight fighters around the convoy while Ronan and Lucien blocked the bridge ahead. Soren waited with the rear guard and a healer, close enough to examine the transport records once we had the wagons.

"I would like the record to show that infrastructure spending saved the day," I whispered.

Tamsin crouched beside me behind a snow-covered wall.

"I will put it in the official battle report."

"Thank you."

"Right after the section where you ignored three instructions and climbed a retaining