The winner was the winner of the last threeyears. If you had to describe him like a dog I would have said whippet."You had better do better in the obs...tacle course stormed Mistress, as sheled me to the event. The event was run in the same way and with most ofthe same dogs. Unfortunately due to me dropping the ball I was knockedout in the third round of this event. Mistress was furious and beat meseverely. She would have carried on had Mistress Margaret not arrived andstopped her. I breathed a. “Down to 15%!” Sparks cried out in alarm.Calara kept her crosshairs squarely over the heavy cruiser as her relentless barrage of laser cannon blasts kept up the pressure on the Stalingrad’s shields.“Nearly there...” she said softly, watching the tactical summary of the Stalingrad out of the corner of her eye and the predicted shield strength displayed next to the heavy cruiser.Finally it was time.“Pull up Alyssa!” Calara demanded and her friend brought the nose of the Invictus up to face the. From steel, to stone, tostatues - each impact took out at least a few dozen to a hundred mendepending on what was being flung. From across the valley I could seethe massive wooden structures and ladders they'd attacked the wall withwere now moving towards the castle.A white flag went up from the back of the ranks and Caireen made acommand to pause the efforts from within the castle. On a tall blackhorse, in gaudy golden armor, King Camulus trotted up to the wall.Seeing Caireen and I he shouted.. It was proof, despite what my school claimed after my disgrace, that I was a master bard.Dust washed over me. It stung my eyes even when they were squeezed shut. My breath wheezed. The ground shook harder. Horses and people screamed. Angela sounded the worse. Agony was in her voice. She had been crushed and it was my turn next.Only no rocks crushed me.The rumbles stilled. Faoril and then Xera's pleasure-filled moans echoed through the air. Weapons clashed and Thrak bellowed. And I lay still,.