Elspeth Spindle. I’m not sure who that is without you. You will learn. You’ll meet yourself—without me—soon enough. I didn’t know why, after so many years of wishing him gone, his words struck sadness in me. When? After the Deck is united, come Solstice. It will not unite with Ravyn’s blood, I said. He will not die, bleeding over your Cards. I will not allow that, Nightmare. Nor will I. Then whose blood will unite the Deck? I have a plan.
