(Isla)
I stared at Sorin's name before looking at Zeron. Of all the people I expected to find beside Halvon, Sorin wasn't one of them. He had supported us through the investigation and never tried to stop us from searching. I refused to decide what the ledger meant without hearing his explanation.
"When was this journey?" I asked. The date had to match one Elena's mother recorded. "Was Sorin Chief Elder then?" I needed to understand why they had traveled together.
"No," Zeron said. "He was already on the Council, but he didn't become Chief Elder until years later." He turned the ledger toward me.
That mattered, though I wasn't sure how much. Council members could have traveled together without anything being wrong. The missing travel record bothered me more. If this journey was harmles
