"We need to keep going." Connor told Nicholas as he spread out the map on a makeshift table in their camp. "We still need to pass a few more towns, then we cross into Cibus territory."
Dion glanced at Prince Nicholas as they mentioned the clan of his once favored brother.
"I'll be fine." Nicholas told them. "Marcus cannot be ahead of us, he still needed to gather his men when we left, and if the rumors are true he still needed to heal after his battle with Zeph."
"I fail to believe that he lost to Zeph." Connor insisted. "I've seen how powerful Prince Marcus is, he would win over Zeph."
"He would win if it were just him and Zeph fighting." Nicholas nodded in agreement. "But Zeph is smarter than Marcus, he wouldn't face him alone or at least he would be smart enough to have an escape plan."
"Would Marcus be so careless as to face Zeph with an army of Natum mages behind him?" Dion asked.