The Ancient Road

It has been three months as we have camped on Desembarco Eterno. This night, however, Isabella has ordered us to prepare to march in the morning – we are to leave the safety of the camp and head north, along the ancient road the scouts discovered two days ago. It seems a gamble to uproot us all, but the men said that Isabella does not trust leaving men at the camp, not after Ruiz escaped, and she fears more desertions – if we all travel together, she may watch over us more closely. Whatever the truth of it, we are not such fools as to argue with her command. - Manuel