Lenora's POV
We spent the night at the Morrans' settlement.
There was no question of traveling — not until we had a plan, not with two successor network riders on the ridge. Orvyn's scouts tracked them through the night. They didn't move. They were waiting for us to move first.
Bramwell and I sat with Lyssa at the Morrans' kitchen table until past midnight, working through what we had.
Ellina.
The capital council chair who had been casting the tiebreaking vote on every reform measure for the past three years — always in our favor, always with the appearance of principled support.
"She's not opposed to reform," Lyssa said. She had been very quiet since the ledger finding. "I've known her for three years. I've watched her think. She's not performing the support — she actually supports
