Chapter 966 Thalen Windborne

• "I've waited two whole nights," Finneas murmured, adjusting the cuff of his robe as if the invitation were no more pressing than dust on his sleeve. "For a moment, I thought she'd lost the nerve to trouble me. That would have robbed this evening of a certain... entertainment."
• What a blissfully ignorant fool. Does he truly believe he can settle accounts with Matron Selene and walk away? He doesn't realize tonight will mark the end of Finneas. Marsden's inner laughter echoed inside his skull, cold and relentless.
• They exchanged a few perfunctory words. Then, cloaked in the restless wind, the two men left the residence—Finneas in an unhurried stride, Marsden half a pace behind—heading toward Moonlight Tavern, which sat only a short walk from Cloudpiercer Pavilion in the heart of Weolcan.