Bab 79: led by a shadow into the shade.

Hunter's Lane loomed before them—the demarcation between Tenebrae and the rest of Rosweiss city.

Damian wasn't foolish enough to meet Morgan Blackbriar without telling anyone. He'd discussed the letter's contents—brief as they were—with Leon, and although the royal spymaster didn't entirely support the idea, he still permitted Damian to go. Albeit, the Crown Prince was to be shadowed by a handful of elite Flameguard—what few remained after the battle in Lombrass, anyway.

The soldiers would remain on the Rosweiss side of Hunter's Lane to prevent spooking Blackbriar—but at the slightest tremor in the Deep, they would come to secure Damian and Tia.

"I wish Lynn could have come with us," Tia said quietly, as they stepped out of the chauffeured car. "I'm worried about her going after the Sixth Seat…"