Holden had barely put off his mud-soaked jacket when the barracks door flew open.
BANG!
Captain Venus stood in the doorway.
"Up. Now. All of you."
Renna rolled off her bunk so fast she nearly tangled in her blanket. Emric was already sitting up, blinking rapidly. Lyra stood smoothly, her hand instinctively moving to the spear leaning against her bedpost.
Holden just looked at Venus from his cot, one eyebrow raised.
"We've got a supply convoy stalled over in Ashfall Canyon," Venus said sharply. "About five miles east. There are thirty soldiers and twelve carts full of ammunition and medical supplies. Canyon-crawlers trapped them around midnight, and they have been pinned down ever since."
He paused, letting the weight of the situation settle.
"Every veteran unit I have is either wounded from last night or holding the perimeter. Which means I'm sending you four."
