Arborgate. di Kerastin Academy. The Great Library. The Lavinius Estate. Paths through solid stone, words scrawled in scented oil on the walls. Catos, Custodians, Firstborn, Aurifex. Too much to do and not enough time for even half of it, let alone rest as well.

She becomes aware, slowly, that her hands are beginning to shake.

"I... I suppose so," Calia says. Her voice is low, rough. She doesn't look like she likes the words on her tongue. "But what do we do with him? Iphander, I mean."