Yet not all was happy news. Toric seemed distracted throughout much of the evening, until finally he said, “I must leave the western realms.” All other conversation around the table fell silent, and Yvenne sighed. Well she’d known this might be coming. Vela had said the Dragon’s wings would fly a great distance. And given all that her father had known—but shouldn’t have—she’d guessed what had happened. Because Vela had also said Toric still had the revenant’s poison in him.
