In Plain Sight

Cassian

“There are fewer of them than I thought there would be,” Gareth observes as we survey the Vulgari army’s encampment at the border.

“I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing,” I reply, my gut twisted with worry.

“Why would it be a bad thing?” Tom asks. “Fewer people, fewer problems.”

I watch a group of guards laugh and play cards. “If there aren’t a lot of soldiers here, then that