Perspective

Max woke up on a small bed with a naked Asiva in his arms. 

For a moment it seemed like all the problems in his life had disappeared with her sleeping so peacefully in his arms, but then he was reminded about the reality of the situation. 

He was in the northern fortress of Maralago and all his pleas to secure more troops to take down the southern fort had been rejected. 

It was either the internal politics within the clans that stopped Max from getting more support because the Titus clan would get all the glory should Max win it for them while the others got nothing, or it was the fallout from Max giving Marcus the whopping. 

Either way, Max was screwed with only about 1500 troops at his disposal to take down the Southern fort and it's massive army of 18,000 strong.