“What if someone comes?”
“Say nothing. It won't seem strange; there's no talking here; it's a place for contemplation.”
“Where are you going?”
“To scout around. We need to find out what's going on. With the army mobilising, Menhroth and the rest of the Holy Court will be preoccupied. There's a chance they'll have taken the Grimoire out of protection to carry it north with the army.”
“I don't see why they would.”
“Think, Cait. Because there's a chance the other half of the book has reached Andar. If we know that, they must know that. The undain might plan to take the book with them when they cross the ice so they can reunite the two halves. That might be our chance. Give me an hour. Don't move. If I don't get back then you're on your own, OK?”
“OK,” she said. Although it really wasn't
