Laurel had gone off to find Herebrand and hopefully his small army as well. Personally Lanaey didn't think that many of the army would be left if they had been in the fight at all. The fight had been so brutal and the enemy had had the advantage with their poisonous darts.
Many of the people that had been in the meeting with Laurel went inside the house, getting ready for the little sleep that they could manage. Sighing, she turned and saw the Elven brothers with their heads together. She walked over to them and they looked up quickly.
Galain spoke first. "You seem to be healing quickly." He had chosen a neutral point of conversation to start with.
Lanaey nodded and went straight towards her point in going to them. "I wasn't here for the telling and I was wondering if you'd fill me in on the details already given to the others."
Gorath raised an eyebrow at his brother, but Galain only shrugged back at him. Gorath then went into a short, sketchy description of the camp and how many men they saw. He ended with Cartil and how he was faring. Lanaey deliberated on the information and wondered how they were going to take the enemy. If they had Herebrand's army, it would be much easier.
The brothers seemed to be thinking along the same thought because Galain said, "Do you think that many of the Rhohirrim made it through the battle?"
"I don't think they did," Lanaey said as Gorath shook his head, making some of his hair fall in front of his eyes. "And neither of you saw them in your travels to find Cartil?"
Now both of the Elves shook their heads. Lanaey looked sharply at the pair. They both looked extreemly tired. Well, they had been awake for a couple of days traveling and spying, but they weren't giving in to their weariness at all. Lanaey wasn't going to tell them what they already knew.
Gorath suddenly spoke after a time. "It looks like we aren't getting the help of the Rohirrim."
Lanaey and Galain turned and looked in the same direction and saw Laurel and Herebrand riding in with no sign of the others. If the dark Elves had looked tired, they were wide awake compared to Herebrand. Laurel nodded in their direction before going into the house with Herebrand to get some sleep.
"There needs to be gaurds tonight. Who knows if the wild men would attack twice in one night," Galain said as Herebrand went through the door.
"I'll do it," Lanaey said quickly. "I've been sleeping almost all day. I can also find some villagers to help me."
Galain smiled, he knew what she was doing. As they too went into the house, Lanaey went in search of helpers and Drass. She found a couple of willing teenagers who weren't wounded and could stay awake all night to watch out for their loved ones, but Drass was no where to be found. She gave her high whistle several times around the outskirts of the village, but she still didn't show up. Lanaey had a twinge of worry, but she knew her horse well enough to not be worried too much.
The night passed quickly with the ceaseless wandering and checking with the other watchers. Soon false dawn started to spread over the land and Lanaey knew they'd be making plans soon. Heading back toward the house where everyone was staying Lanaey wondered if they'd be able to purge this land of the wild men.
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