“She’s cloaked herself in a death echo and stolen the tail end of my shrine’s blessing to do it.”
Eleanor nodded. “We suspected. But with this…?”
Thalia snapped the case shut. “I can do more than find her.”
“What then?”
“I can bind her movements on the day of the claiming. I’ll need the eastern altar. And full lunar access.”
“You’ll have it.”
Thalia smirked. “Finally. Someone lets me work properly around here.”
Eleanor’s expression didn’t change. “She plans to strike during the claiming.”
“Oh, I know. I felt her spellcraft while she was draining my wards. She’s building something ancient and forbidden. I’ll prepare accordingly.”
“What if she breaks through anyway?” Eleanor asked.
Thalia’s gaze darkened. “Then I will bury her myself.”
Sienna sat by the pond outside the estate. He
