Arona listened to his request carefully and weighed the options. "I was in the process of writing the prince a letter informing him of Eden's alliance with him. If you wish to add Eremus to the letter you may." she said emotionlessly. "But, my Lord, I think the Queen will be expecting the colonies to form an alliance. Which make me almost certain that she already has patrols set up between our colonies." she paused "I agree that getting to Everlast to secure their steel and their fortress in this war will be most beneficial to our cause but we can't simply march a small army over there without causing unnecessary bloodshed. I say we send scouts first so we know what we're getting ourselves into. If they come back with good news we will ride as soon as a new day dawns." Arona wasn't just going to send her people in blind, it wasn't her style and Alexander knew that.