Chapter 24
- Leander returned just before dawn, his cloak dusted with dirt and his expression grim.
- “The merchant talked,” he said without preamble. “The dissenters are calling themselves the Shadow Collective. They’re led by a man named Malrik—an ex-military strategist who went rogue after his family was killed in a border skirmish.”
- “Do we know his location?” Seraphina asked, her voice sharp.