Kaelen's POV
Corvus kept his word.
Three nights after our meeting, a servant I did not recognize came to the safe house. She said nothing. She just looked at me and nodded toward the door. I followed her through streets I knew well, through a gate I had used before, through corridors that were dark and empty. She left me at a door. She knocked twice. Then she disappeared.
The door opened.
Elara stood there. Her face was pale. Her eyes were tired. But she was real. She was here.
"Come in," she said.
I stepped inside. She closed the door behind me.
The room was small. The walls were bare. The windows were covered. It felt like a room designed for conversations that could not be overheard.
We sat across from each other. The candle flickered. The fire crackled.
"You came to Corvus," she said.
"Yes."
I told her. Everything.
She listened without interrupting. Her face was still. Her hands were folded in her lap. But I could see her thinking, working through it, filing it away.
