(Aurelia)
I noticed Maris heading toward father's office while I was leaving the family sitting room. She rarely went there unless father had called for her, and something about it caught my attention. Cassian had asked me earlier whether I had seen father, then left without explaining why. I decided not to return to my room yet.
Maris entered father's office without knocking.
I walked past the door before turning toward a smaller sitting area nearby. Nobody was using it, and the door remained open. I sat where I could hear anyone entering the hall. I wasn't trying to hear their conversation until Kiara's name reached me.
"I need names." Father's voice came through the office door. "Anyone who was working in the pack house when Kiara Vale arrived thirteen years ago. I want to know who
