Fall of Ruin and Wrath

The following morning, Lis works in the garden. She tries to calm her nerves as she works up the courage to talk to Claude about the shadow market in Archwood. She is exhausted, having only slept a few hours the night before. When she woke in the morning, the first thing she saw was a lunea dagger sitting on her nightstand; she took it from Jac’s barn purely out of instinct.

Grady comes to Lis in the garden and tells her that someone saw her leaving and reentering the grounds last night. In the distance, Lis can see two fires burning. Grady explains that the fires are at Jac’s farm and at the pub that the lord was taken from. The flames are golden, which means they were set with Hyhborn magic. When Grady expresses his disappointment that the fires aren’t related to the Iron Knights, Lis scolds him for speaking too openly about rebels. She has always feared that his interest in them and his distaste for Hyhborn will lead him to trouble.

Realizing that she cannot lie to Grady, Lis tells him about overhearing the guards talking and her efforts to save the lord.