Damon’s POV
Kael found me in the training hollow, and I knew before he said a word that something had happened. His expression carried a weight I hadn't seen on him before.
"Damon's here," he said. "At the border. He came alone."
I felt my whole body go still. "Why?"
"He says he has information about who's been hunting you. About Magnus." Kael watched me carefully. "He wants to tell you himself. I told him the decision is yours, not mine."
Ines, who'd been sparring with me moments earlier, lowered her blade slowly, her eyes flicking between us.
"I don't know if I want to see him," I admitted.
"You don't have to," Kael said. "I can send him away right now, and he'll go. He agreed to that condition before I left him at the border."
I thought of the mud under my knees, the laughter,
