Despite the many issues that Alexis had anticipated would come from having fifty massive Trolls living in the yard, the next week had been quite pleasant.
They trained first thing in the morning, alongside the veiled maids and the Royal Guards. They helped Millie with the gardens, and they patrolled the walls, waving happily every time someone walked close enough to talk to them.
If the goal was to intimidate anyone, they were failing miserably. But as far as their actual duties, they had turned out to be brilliant.
So Dominic was shocked into nearly smashing his fingers when he heard a siren-like wailing coming from the wail just after lunch that day. It was loud, continuous, and not like any other alarm that they had.
He ran out of the forge with Amie right behind him, the shields that they had been making instantly forgotten.
