Chapter 115

Ronan’s POV

The first thing Ilyra did when she saw the founder plate was ask the escort captain to leave the door unbarred. Darius said the chamber had to be secure. She told him she couldn't treat a man she couldn't get out. The captain moved the bolt back, and I felt the cold air from the pass cross the floor.

It was nearing noon. Darius had been brought from Black Hollow in a guarded carriage, his wrists cuffed whenever he stepped away from the worktable. I had reached the station hours before him and spent that time looking at the place where Lucien had cut the wire. A blackened groove still ran across the floor. Ida and Bryn had walked away from this building because Mara had held an old order apart long enough for them to choose. I had come back to have part of myself burned out before Mara could tell me not to.

Ilyra read the form I had signed. “You called