Bianca's contacts came through again, just like before. It only took a day for the rumours to start someone had seen a girl who looked like Elara. Not in some grand Draveth estate, but tucked away in a plain, forgettable waystation near the northern border. The kind of place where people and secrets disappeared without a trace.
"It's likely a skeleton crew now," Kaelan said, studying the layout Bianca's contact had sketched from memory. "Ambrose's network collapsed with his capture. Whoever's left holding her probably doesn't have clear orders anymore, which could work in our favor or make them considerably more dangerous, depending on how desperate they've become."
"Then we move carefully," Rhys said, "and fast, before desperation turns into something worse for whoever's actually guardi
