Chapter 403 You Won't Get Another Chance

• Ann let her gaze travel around the room before she spoke and felt her heart warm at the expectant faces of the recent arrivals...
• "The northern line holds," she said, her voice clear. "Reinforcements reached them in time and our determined warriors are already pushing the enemy back."
• The reaction wasn't loud, but the subtle sound of their relieved exhales, the sight of shoulders dropping, tension easing out of chests, heads bowing forward for a second like they needed that one private moment to process it…that was more than enough for Ann.