Jane, the long haired woman with a slender body, moved alone through the outer streets of the slum district right now.
Velrion had ordered the investigation to begin here, where Garrick had first sensed the strange presence. But sending all four investigators together would only attract unnecessary attention. In a place like this, unfamiliar groups were noticed quickly.
So they separated.
Jane walked calmly through the narrow alleys with her posture relaxed and her steps unhurried. Her long black hair rested neatly across her shoulders, and her merchant clothing looked completely ordinary.
The outfit was simple but clean, the kind of clothes worn by traders who traveled between districts searching for unusual goods.
Her real name within Velrion's unit was known only to a few, but in most places she simply lived as a merchant.
And that was exactly the role she played now.
