Chapter TwelveAfter excusing herself from the Queen's presence, Maeve spent the hours leading up to sunset in the Talon's cockpit. She kept a close eye on the weather readings, which showed a doozy of a thunderstorm now pelting Vanda and southern Darad.
She also had an idea about setting the ship's scanners to home in on the locations of the Stones, much like they'd done before first making planetfall on Elystra. Despite Davin's attempts to filter out the interference, they were no more able to pinpoint the Stones' locations than before. All Maeve could tell after a futile hour of attempting to fine-tune the instruments was that the Stones now appeared to be just inside the borders of Darad.
Her heart sank. If the readings were accurate, it meant the border forces, led by Aridor's son Ag
