(Isla)
Caius took the seal from me and studied the family name. I could tell he recognized it too, though neither of us had paid much attention to it when Pryor showed us the older Council records. Evander had already given us reasons to question what he knew about my past. Finding something connected to his family beside me changed that.
"We take everything."
I looked at the unopened letter.
"I want to read it."
Caius looked at me.
"Here?"
"Yes."
I wasn't carrying a letter addressed to Islalienne all the way back to Wraithbone without knowing what it said. Whoever had written it expected me to receive it one day. Derek had been ordered not to open the box. Maybe that was because the letter had never been meant for him.
I picked it up carefully. The paper showed its age, but it ha
