Talyn and Ottilie rode into Dustbridge at a dead sprint, and Kane was already moving toward the gate before they'd fully reined in.
"Report," Kane said. "Now."
"Danil Ashcroft," Ottilie said, breathless, dismounting fast. "We found him at the mining operation, exactly where the notes indicated. He's continuing Corwin's work, and he knows about your bond's instability."
"How," Kane said, cold settling into his chest.
"He said it plainly," Talyn said. "Called it the moment they've been preparing for. Said the guardian bloodline is weakened, exactly as Corwin predicted it would become eventually."
Kane's jaw tightened. "Predicted. Meaning Corwin knew this would happen before Mordath ever took me."
"It's worse than that," Ottilie said. "He mentioned something sealed beneath the chapel is
