The report came through Dara three weeks later.
I was in the east library with Elder Moss, working through an advanced section of the interior practice that had begun to include the wide sense Moss had described after the battle, when one of the inner guard interrupted with a message that Dara needed to see me immediately.
I found her in the small war room off the great hall, maps still up from the ongoing monitoring of the northern border, and her expression when I entered told me this was not routine.
"We have located Selene Ashwood," she said.
I sat down.
"She surfaced two days ago in a border settlement southeast of here," Dara continued. "Not hiding particularly well, according to our contact. She has been asking questions about the Lycan kingdom. About you specifically."
"What
