Penny opened her eyes and found her father in a silent huddle with Ronan.
“Guys, I know what they’re planning.” She unfolded her legs slowly, wincing as the muscles tried to cramp, then stood to stretch them out. They broke their huddle and waited for her to continue. She had their full attention. “I know why they sent Flanna to Dogwood.”
Penny told them everything she’d picked up from Flanna while she walked to Price’s house and waited while her father stood apart in a brooding silence.
“Flanna has the World Breaker?” Ronan spoke when the silence grew too uncomfortable. “She has the Chaos Relic?”
Penny nodded. “They interrogated you. Didn’t you know?”
“A magical interrogation can be subtle,” Torin said. He rubbed his face, ran his fingers through his beard, sighed. “Who did you see b
