What Leon had said to Vyra was nothing complicated — just a request, made simply. He wanted her to give a speech to everyone gathered here, the kind he'd heard her give before in the Pyran realm, the kind that made blood run hot and feet move forward without hesitation. Aurelia agreed to stand beside her, and the two of them rose together into the air above the army.
Leon stayed behind in silence, but he wasn't idle.
Above him, hidden from everyone except possibly Vyra, something was taking shape. He'd been building it for the last thirty minutes — a gift for the battlefield, prepared while the others sorted equipment and Luna fought her quiet political battle for the army's cooperation.
Vyra and Aurelia spoke together, laying out the plan, the shift from defense to full offense.
