They returned to the Ashgrove manor two days later, Bram Fenwick accompanying them under careful guard rather than formal imprisonment, his continued cooperation proving valuable enough that Kane had reluctantly agreed to treat him as a reformed ally rather than a prisoner awaiting judgment.
Caspian came with them as well, still processing the overwhelming reconstruction of his own identity, Elowen rarely leaving his side throughout the journey, the two of them slowly, carefully rebuilding a relationship stolen from them both twenty-two years earlier.
It was Wren who insisted on speaking with Elder Maren directly, understanding that the old woman deserved to hear about her brother's continued complicity from someone who genuinely cared for her, rather than discovering it through househol
