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Submitted to Contest #249
A storm had dumped a light cover of snow on the battleground late in the night, but the bright sun reflected off the armor of the imperial troops like a signal. The flickering figures spread out before us, gray against the white field.From my vantage point behind the front shield wall of Aygar warriors I could see rolls and rolls of mail clad soldiers, armed to the teeth with the best the Letranian Empire could offer. Here and there the banners of the noble houses of Letran defined the different companies. I counted three. Three out of seven...
“Sada!” the sudden breeze whirled around the young women as they stooped the sheaves of hay.Ruda turned, brushing hair only a shade lighter than the hay, from her face. “Hello?”“Finally, a breeze.” beside her, Elisa pressed her hands to the small of her back and stretched. She turned into the wind closing her eyes against the dusting of chaff.“Did you hear that?” Ruda frowned, searching about the field.A few yards away she recognized Auntie Dee bent tying the bundle of hay at her feet, while her youngest granddaughter pulled a sheave up...
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