Lenora's POV
We returned to find the confluence settlement waiting with a problem.
Yeva was at the bridge, which she rarely was — her domain was the settlement's interior, and the bridge was mine. Her presence outside her territory meant something had come to her rather than being found by her.
"Two new arrivals," she said, when we dismounted. "They're from the southern territories. Beyond the pack lands."
"Beyond?" I said.
"The unclaimed territories. The old regions." She looked at me steadily. "They're asking for you by name. Not Lark. Lenora Vale. They said the prophecy sent them."
Bramwell looked at me.
I looked at Yeva.
"Where are they?"
She led us to the settlement's meeting space — a wide low room that served for gatherings of the confluence population. The two strangers we
