"But why did you suspect Aaron and Mara to begin with?"
"Because we scouted the forest weeks back. Chasing leads on the monster swarms hitting Havenwood. We found a camp tucked in a ravine. There were some people talking. No actual name was made, but I knew some of them. They worked with Aaron."
"They might have been sent by Martin."
"No, they weren't. I would have known otherwise."
Then Reidar had to ask. "Care to share the relationship between you and Martin? It's something I had been curious about since I came."
She seemed reluctant, but then she nodded.
"Martin was a colleague of my father. His best friend, actually. Dad died a couple of years ago because of cancer. Martin took care of me and Mom until the apocalypse struck. Mom died during the earthquakes."
That explained why Lena was Martin's right hand, and why she would have been informed of whatever Martin did. He would have told her directly.
"I'm sorry to hear that."
She nodded.
