(Isla) Halvon. I knew far too much about that name for it to mean nothing. Caius had warned me about him before the High Council ever came to Wraithbone. Halvon had wanted uncertainty around me because uncertainty gave him something he could use. Now Evander was telling us Halvon was Orin Valdyr's son. "Halvon is a Valdyr?" Evander looked at me. "Yes." I looked at Caius. He didn't seem surprised that I remembered everything we'd learned about Halvon before the Council arrived. We'd spent days preparing for those wolves and what each of them wanted from me. "He served on the Council with you." Evander nodded. "He did." That made the connection worse. Evander had known about the Valdyr family while sitting on the same Council as Halvon. They had both been there while questions abo

