Another day without you (2)
"Commander! I can see Deneb already!" One of the soldiers on the frontline announced.
Luan nodded in acknowledgement and asked Ash to run faster. The mount doesn't need any signal, as he could recognize the location. His lovely girl! The hero is coming home! He couldn't wait to be patted and fed juicy green grass, that only grows in the Forest.
"Finally, a city… We will be staying a night?" Vincent asked with hope in his voice. For the past week, they rode the horses almost nonstop, only stopping for a brief night's rest. What was the difference between this march and the life at war?
"Are you dying already?" Gant asked teasingly. "But we still have two weeks galloping ahead, it's a long way to a capital…"
"Three weeks," Luan said in a low voice. "Maybe four, if needed…"