(Caius)
The message from Zeron arrived before midday. Pryor brought it directly to the library, where Isla and I had remained after finishing with the journals. One look at his face told me Zeron had found something worth reporting. I took the letter from him and opened it.
"Cael is alive."
Isla rose from her chair. Pryor remained beside the table while I continued reading. Zeron had found Cael hiding in an abandoned healer's cottage several miles outside Ashcrest. He had tried to escape when Zeron arrived.
"Did Zeron catch him?" Isla asked.
"He did." I read the next few lines before looking at her. "Cael is being held somewhere only Zeron and two warriors know about."
"Good."
"There is more."
Zeron had searched the cottage after taking Cael. Beneath one of the floorboards, he'd fo
