chapter 5, part 2

[*This is a work-in-progress and may not fully reflect the final draft*]

Two days later, I knocked on Deryn Lhopri's door at noon. "Enter," she replied from within so quickly I wondered whether she hadn't heard my footsteps out in the hall as I'd approached.

Her office was rather smaller than I was expecting for someone in her position, assuming Kynaston Lornis was correct about her proximity to the Hymage. The walls were mostly unlined, only a handful of books on a single shelf taking up wall ...