“I’ll always be watching you, Mr. Helmer. I suggest you act cautiously.” The smug smile Lord Piereva bore after calling Fin by Aidan’s last name almost made Fin blow him farther into the forest than he had Jiho. “Ah—I understand you’ve been travelling a great deal this year, and that taxes the mind, but my last name is Ashowan. I can write it down for you if you’d like to bring me some parchment and ink.”

