Theron left Ruu's abode with a flash of his step, disappearing into the cool night air. Streaks of icy blue followed his irises as he dashed ahead, his thoughts moving with added swiftness.
Now, everything should be in place.
He had already planted the first seed of discord after he caught Ruu and let her go the first time. But after his mind received an enormous buffer, he realized that he was missing a piece of the puzzle.
How was Patriarch Gian directing a branch of the guild from a completely different province?
It wasn't a matter of distance that had Theron confused, but the control Gian was exerting.
Theron was almost 100% certain that the Patriarch was not an assassin. Although it was possible that the Patriarch was just better at hiding these things than others, Theron believed in his own intuition.
If the Patriarch wasn't an assassin, then how could he control a branch of Dagger of the Night? That didn't make any sense.
