Chapter 57

Kade

By morning, Moonhaven had changed.

Patrols were running twice as often, every road into town was watched, and no one was allowed beyond the inner territory alone. Ryan had already changed the usual routes once and planned to change them again before dark. The old service paths Sloane knew were either blocked or covered by additional guards, and anyone entering town was being checked regardless of whether we recognized them.

It was inconvenient.

That was the point.

If the rogues came back, I wanted every assumption they had made about Moonhaven to be wrong.

Ryan stood over the map on my office table, one hand braced beside the western border.

“I moved another team toward the creek and doubled the north patrol. I also