(Isla) Elder Sorin looked toward Elder Evander before returning his attention to me. "Thank you, Luna Isla." He let a few moments pass before speaking again. "You've answered every question honestly." "I've tried to." "We believe you have." Elder Halvon rested both hands on the table. "You've told us what happened after Alpha King Caius found you. Now I want to ask about what happened before." I looked at him. "What do you want to know?" "During those years in Ashcrest, did anyone ever ask to see you alone?" I thought back. Faces came and went in my mind, but none of them stood out. "No." "Not a healer?" I shook my head. "No." "Not a council messenger?" "No." Halvon studied me for a moment. "Not even once?" "Never." He leaned back in his chair. "That is interesting.

