(Kealen)
The message came through official channels, which was the first surprise.
Not a rogue delivery, not a letter under a door, not a crow on the gate post. A formal communication through the territorial council's relay system, which meant he'd found someone to vouch for the legitimacy of the contact and had done the paperwork.
Dorian had learned, apparently, to use the process.
Sora brought it to me in the nursery, which was where I spent most mornings now that Kiara had decided mornings were her preferred time for being awake and interested in things. I was sitting in the chair by the yellow curtains — Lara's curtains, still there — with Kiara in my arms when Sora came in.
She handed me the envelope without preamble.
I looked at the return mark. The council relay seal. A name I
