No more waiting. Not when I had a target to track down. And I knew the perfect person to help me do it. A small jolt of worry followed as I thought of Galleytrot. Realized I hadn't seen him since my wakening.
Sought him out as I left Maurice to his broken mind. And I wasn't alone in my departure as the group crowding the room thundered after me, out into the open room then past the second door and into the hallway.
Touched the veil with my maji power, through the kindness of the stronghold. Chased back home, to my plane. Floated above it, power seeking Galleytrot.
Touched down in Wilding Springs as his trail led to town hall. Through the wards underground.
Felt the black hound at last, in the first place I should have looked, his power, weak and distant, in the Sidhe cavern.
Of course.
Did another search. For Ameline. Came up empty.
Gabriel. Same.
And Rosetta... damn it.
Galleytrot it was.