VOLUME TWO – THE BUILDING OF AN ARMY
Chapter 1 – The Fruits of Winter
It would have been a stretch to say that the rest of winter had gone exactly like Vol had planned. Not that he'd really planned to do that much. Get stronger – that was the only constant goal that he had. Indeed, he'd gotten stronger, to a degree, but not as much as he would have liked.
With the conclusion of battle and the cleanup of Craghill, it had all gone more or less as Nolan had said. When the bridge was reset and the townspeople allowed back into their homes for the winter, Nolan had left with him, towards destinations unknown. He'd slipped away in the middle of the night, without even a word to Vol, nor to Lord Feltan, who was convinced that he'd grown rather close to the boy. Apparently, Nolan didn't feel quite the same.
