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Especially with Patriot half underwater

Most of the fort is flooded, including the jetways Only the navy ships survived intact, still operational They turn their guns on the Laris jets as they pass, spitting hot iron One of the jets falls, a wing obliterated, before two more follow

"We have to disable the battleships," I mutter flatly, already exhausted by the prospect

Tolly looks at e of the harbor as fast as we can,in and out of a full-blown battle Cal’s land assault was the biggest of the three planned, utilizing hundreds of soldiers froents of the Scarlet Guard and their contacts already in the city Trained soldiers grapple alongside thieves and criutter and alley A city of white stone and blue roofs turns black and red, smoke and fire Calore colors, I think bitterly But for which brother?

The Nortan Silvers and conscripted Reds find theed down in the streets, restricted by their own regi Bottlenecked, their nuerous Tolly and I risk our lives as we run, re-fore Rusty bits and all If I had the tiusted with my own poor work

Out on the water, maybe a mile out to sea, the Laris jets ain Keep the worst of their weapons and our own from the city Even froh the air at blinding speed Bursts of fire and smoke spread across the aerial battle, sandwiched between the clouds and the horizon I don’t envy the pilots, especially the ones who h flying a jet without fighting the wind itself

Iristhe battleships froh waves As we approach, I can see that the water around the four massive steel hulls is still and s back any attempts to take the ships fro guns on the jets out at sea, or the city itself Destroy Harbor Bay the way she broke the fort Leave nothing but a ruin, useless to either Calore brother

Bright red slashes acrossout onto the road froht I’d be so relieved to find an armed squadron of Scarlet Guard Especially one led by General Farley

Her band of criuns raised Reluctant but quick, I raisefor Ptole like a pendulu on balance My relief melts in an instant as I realize exactly what she could be weighing

My brother’s life

She could try to kill hiht here, and no one would know We could just be casualties of the battle And she would have her revenge

It’s what I would do, if someone took Tolly froun at her hip, fastened to a half-e blue gaze, saying nothing, barely daring to breathe Trying not to tip her in the wrong direction

I setout with every piece of un, her re bullets, the knives hidden all over her body To stop her if she decides to strike

"Cal’s this way," she finally says, snapping the string of tension between us "We need to get those ships out of their hands"

"Of course," Ptolemus replies, and I almost punch him in the teeth

Be quiet, I want to hiss

Instead I step in front of hi his body fro at hi second "Fall in, soldiers," she sneers, before turning her back on us