Natalie Cass had been oddly quiet since they returned. We sat at the dinner table with everyone else, and I watched him push food around his plate without eating. Had something happened today? Everyone else seemed a bit quiet as well. “So,” Gideon said. “Should we reevaluate tactics? There are so many lakes. And the dark elf attack. What’s the plan here?” “How can we get any information about them?” Finn asked. “They’re ghosts.” “The Fae King mentioned to me on my last visit that they were making more appearances. Emboldened by the reemergence of dragons?” Eris suggested. Cass interjected. “Edana still lives. I failed to kill her when I had the chance. She escaped with Morga. I’m sure they are still working together.” “Absolutely,” River agreed. “I vote,” Cass continued, picking

