The night deepened with Lillia’s thoughts.
‘When fear spreads without a face, seek not the scream, but the silence that follows it.’ With a miniature lamp hovering over the opened book she held, its pale glow casting long shadows across the pages and her fingers, Lillia blinked slowly. She hadn’t understood a single word.
Lillia read the line again, but the meaning slid away each time she tried to grasp it. Her mind wasn’t on strategy or the art of war. It lingered on the garden incident and Lady Blackwell.
Fenris.
It means, when terror has no obvious source, don't focus on the panic, but on the truth it seeks to hide. Fenris answered Lillia’s call firmly.
Lillia inhaled softly and read the line once more. This time, the words settled differently. “I see,” she murmured. “It teaches yo
