(Cassian) I was reviewing the patrol schedules when Lysander entered my office without knocking. He closed the door behind him and walked toward my desk. I could tell from his expression that he hadn't come to discuss training. He placed his phone in front of me. "Mother called me earlier," he said. "She wanted to know whether you'd found anything else about Corbin Ash. Apparently, someone from Pinehaven located him. She thinks Kiara might already be speaking with him." I picked up the phone and read the message Mother had sent. It confirmed that Corbin was living in a northern pack under another name. There was nothing about what he had told Kiara. I reached for my own phone. "Did Mother say how she found out?" I asked. "I don't want our father learning about this before we know what

