“Call me Dieren,” he said, offering his hand to her. When she took hold of it, he leaned down to give her knuckles a swift kiss. “I am afraid you come at a terrible time, unless you wish to help with a fight.”
Koragi glanced at Tebanis, but Herial spoke first.
“You found them?”
Dieren ran his hand over his hair and returned to the table. “I believe my last team found their lair. It is in the sewers, naturally. They can never find somewhere pleasant to hole up, can they?”
Herial laughed as he stepped over to join him, his gaze going to the map. It was a detailed drawing of the city’s underground infrastructure. “Koragi believes that Coil took an amulet from my sister, and that it is one of the god-child’s Pearls. It would explain how the thief managed to so easily remove it from Anaia’s
