Athena's pov
Everyone in the palace were restless after the assassin's capture. Tension rippled through the walls like a second pulse, constant and sharp.
Kieran doubled the guards. No one entered or left without his approval. But I felt no safer. Not really. I was missing Lucas and Lyra's presence in the palace. They were still on their quest to look for the other creatures that might be able to help us in our impending battle with Caelum.
And Cassius was still weak and barely conscious due to the injuries he had sustained from the Binded King.
Kieran was my only companion now and I was grateful that he was still standing strong at my side.
Fiona returned just after dawn, cloaked and breathless. "There's a list," she said. "Of everyone who touched the relocation orders for your chambers."
She handed me the scroll. Ten names. Nobles. Clerks. One of Kieran's junior commanders. All of them cleared through his seal.
"What do you want done with them?" she asked.
