Chapter 58

Ronan's POV

I felt Redwater break from sixty miles away.

The founder line across my chest burned so hard I dropped the cup in my hand.

Tamsin was across the room before it hit the floor.

"What happened?" I did not answer because Mara's fear arrived through the echo at the same moment.

What came through the echo was not panic but immediate calculation. That was somehow worse.

"Redwater," I said. The communication stone rang.

Lucien's voice exploded through it.

"We have a small disagreement involving a knife—and blood."

Behind him, I heard shouting, the clash of steel, and the heavy thud of bodies hitting stone.

"Mara?" "Alive,"