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It was her turn now to focus her thoughts on reaching him The desire to find a ship to Daho to happen if she did not The Blight would start at Dochte Abbey andelse, she wanted to protect him fro at that ? What were his drea out soh above that painted everything silver? Or was he in a dungeon as Marciana suggested, cold andthe Alderustin had shoved her inside a new cauldron of worries She could still see the naked a to inherit Muirwood So much of what he had said was utter nonsense She had worked closely with the Aldermaston and had never seen even the reustin Instinctively, she realized the Queen Dowager’s hand Augustin was subverted by the hetaera Sohts to her uer, and his threats to destroy the Aldere in leadership would happen and was looking forward to it She shuddered to think of what life at Muirould have becoustin Had he not said that the price of cider had tripled in three years? Another e She had been fifteen when she o The webs of spider thread were nearly invisible, but Lia could– coldblooded She had not succeeded at first in toppling the most ancient Abbey in the realm But Lia could tell clearly it was her aiht the telltalethe sain and suht sleep safely until dawn She needed a cave, a warren, fallen tree – soht and allow her a chance to rest before searching for a ship at Doviur The orb responded to her need, the spindles pointing clearly towards the seashore

Lia followed the trail it offered, weaving through the last vestiges of forest until it opened into a sweeping range of lush hills In the distance, she could hear the foa of the surf as the ocean collided with it The sky was ablaze with ht as a torch The air was cooler and she tugged her cloak around her throat to fend off the chill She descended the hill, seeing the flat slate of sea in the distance, theoff the crests The land pitched doer and she slowed her walk, glancing at the orb to guide her to a safe path The hill ended abruptly, revealing a jagged cliff down to the thrashing surf below The orb guided her to a sh light to see, but her heart spase The cliffs were ainst her hand and boots Noises fro her with the apprehension of falling Partway down the hillside, she noticed the giant ainst the silvery cliff She sturass and went down but skidded to a halt, her heart thudding in her throat Carefully she scooted down the hillside towards the exposed cave The Cruciger orb affirmed it was her destination The ocean reached theback A large her up It was singular seeing the massive boulder there, apart from the cave, apart fro fro carved into the rock, hidden by the round leveled out in front of her and she approached the hidden glen quickly The boulder was taller than her, rounded on one side and flat on the other Cautiously, she lifted her hand and touched it To her relief, it was pure – untainted by the Blight In her , she could see otherhad been there for hundreds of years, protecting the entrance to the cave which water had hollowed out Using her thoughts and will, she activated the Leering’s protection and set it to guard the entrance by frightening away anyone andered nearby In her blood, she felt the Mediu repelled the salty water as it did intruders and she noticed the entrance dry out The waves crashed further away, against the cliffside instead of at the breach She was grateful to the Leering and thanked it in her rassy hill and into the sand and pebbles of the wash