Chapter 62

Ronan's POV

We rode north before Ironwood finished clearing the broken founder seals from the oath hall.

Mara wanted to leave immediately. Gideon wanted to come.

For once, they agreed too quickly.

"You are still the active adult heir," I told him while we saddled the horses. "If Black Hollow's relay is open, bringing you there may be exactly what Severin wants."

"Leaving me here gives him a direct target with fewer guards."

Mara tightened a saddle strap hard enough to punish the leather.

"I hate that both options are stupid."

Lucien mounted beside us. "That is how you know we are making policy."

Tamsin had only partial information. The east-wall chamber had