IXMeanwhile, far from the Shadetrail, Sheera rode north after meeting her family in Eyjanborg. She wasn’t sure where she wanted to go yet, so she let her trusty steed take her where it would. The horse’s rhythmic trotting got her engrossed in her thoughts. She generally declined to answer the King’s calls—she didn’t want to find herself alongside her family with their backs to the wall, surrounded by hostile tulvars. But this time, she’d been curious to know what had happened that was so urgent the King had needed to summon everyone in such a hurry. She learned that the lineage of Aidan III had not been broken, which obviously had sparked more havoc than a storm. The fact that this was a great opportunity for her was not lost on her. She thought about her meeting with Enetor, Rerik and Zle
