On the highest floor of the fortified manor, Samira glanced out the window again and shuddered in dread at the sight of the giant demons as they slammed their battering ram into the gates again.
A strange, deep trumpeting sound had woken her from her fitful sleep, only for Sir Cathal to burst into her room a few minutes later as the sound of a ringing bell began to fill the air.
"Bar your door, Lady Ashlynn," he said. "Demons are coming. We'll do our best to hold them off, but you may need to protect yourself…" That was all he'd said before he rushed out of the manor, pulling on his armor as he ran and shouting orders for the soldiers in the manor to follow him to the walls.
When Samira saw the strange demons from her window, she'd nearly fainted on the spot but she stubbornly clung to the windowsill until the feeling passed and she was able to think again.
