‘What did Nerad mean?’ Yeeran said softly. ‘All the work you had done with “Crescent”?’ Furi went to Amnan and stroked him tenderly. Pila stood by Yeeran’s back, lending her strength always. ‘When the blight began to accelerate, we started a campaign to reclaim our homeland,’ Furi said, her head dipping to her chin. ‘We became allies with the Crescent tribe.’ ‘What?’ Yeeran’s heart began to pound. ‘In exchange for helping them win the war, they will acknowledge the Fae Lands as ours.’ ‘The Fae Lands?’ Something itched at the back of Yeeran’s memory. Rayan had said he’d seen a map in the Book
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