Motivation Enough

Aldric and Issac walked through the camp, their destination the tent where the witches had been detained under Aldric's orders. The cleansing and reorganization of the army had taken all day, and by the time they were finished, night had fallen upon them.

Even with Aldric's dramatic show of power, there were still remnants of the general's loyalists who had refused to comply and accept his reign. Luckily for them, they didn't face death in Aldric's hands but the soldiers who had dealt with them swiftly, else they would have met a more damning fate.

"You just made him captain of your army," Issac complained as he walked beside Aldric.