Chapter 109

Whoever shouted the warning call kept running past my room. A quick note of their mana, and I assessed them as a common druid. I heard them keep shouting the same despairing alarm.

"What's happening?" Tulisa whispered in wide, heavy panting alarm.

A moment ago she had been excited with sex, but now the dread danger of the romans transformed her in a state of fear. The clear indication of which was her warm smile had upturned into chilling gloom.

I reached out with my mana sense far to the gates and got a clear picture of what had happened.

"The romans are marching through the gate. They enter unharmed." I add further guess based on what the druid had cried. "The clans have betrayed us and joined sides with the Romans."

"Why?"

I placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

Her breathing slowed and matched my steady breaths.

"For now, we must group up with the others. We will likely flee the city."

"What happens if we are caught?"