"ARRELIA!"
The world seemed to explode around me as several voices filled the entire forest. Hurried footsteps were all around me, and all the time I could hear the shrill horn bursting through the night air while Ganalorn screamed my name from somewhere nearby.
"We have to go!" he shouted. "Now!"
I felt his hands on my shoulders, and I was jolted awake immediately. Finding my feet underneath me, I stood up quickly, blinking away the darkness.
"It’s the diversion," he explained. "We have to hurry. They don’t have much time before they will be overpowered. We have to go."
"This way!" Maria called, already heading towards the cottage. Ganalorn dashed after her, as did I. The rest of the men followed quickly, swords raised and shoulders squared. We headed towards the chimney, where the
