Chapter 6 – An About Turn
If one had expected that General Blackthorn were to be happy with Oliver's decision, they would have been disappointed. The General met it with the narrowed eyes of distrust, once it was announced at a meeting of their higher officers at dawn the next day.
"You would throw your plans away, you fools?" General Blackthorn said, looking for Hod, back to Oliver, and then to Hod again. "For what reason? What do you ask for from me?"
"Your cooperation in ensuring the capture of the High King," Oliver replied.
"Capture?" Blackthorn said scornfully. "I intend to raze his palace to the ground. There will be no capture."
"If we are to meet common cause, we will need you to agree to that objective," Hod said.
"I care not for your objective, nor for your common cause. I care to see his head on a stake."
