Eva: On the Small Matter of a Total Disaster
Do not try too hard to imagine my dismay, my fear and my self-reproach after that desperate call of Llandry’s. Believe me, you cannot curse me more brutally than I cursed myself. How could I fail to see that coming? I, who knew full well that there is a clear, cold reason behind everything a Lokant does? Who knew that Dwinal must have some scheme in mind, who even knew that Rastivan had been sent to us on purpose!
Abruptly, everything was horribly clear. Llan was right. Dwinal had thrown a mystery paired with an emergency in our path, and everyone had gone running to deal with it — leaving Orlind conveniently empty, unguarded. She and all her people had quietly moved in and taken it over, while we and the draykoni were running merrily around i
