Horizon of War Series - Chapter 195: A Spin of Fate

... he guardsmen burst into the gatehouse, breathless and bleeding, their eyes wide with panic. Inside, crossbowmen kept releasing bolt after bolt through the arrow slits, their shouts mixing with the clash of steel as more enemies reached the battlements.

“Are you the last ones?” the lieutenant roared, eyes darting as chaos erupted around him. “Answer me!”

“We’re the last!” a guardsman wheezed from the floor.

His confirmation sent his allies scrambling to bar the door with a ...