Before Yaegar and Hastings rushed to meet Damon, they had received a letter from him, containing a cryptic message.
In that letter, Damon confirmed that Vaelor was not the traitor, but the bait. That the real leak was none other than… Uther Bowman.
Although most of the things drafted in the letter could be considered Damon's speculations, it was the final sentence in the letter that truly made Yaegar and Hastings feel the gravity of the situation.
It said:
'If anything happens to me before you arrive, assume Bowman is responsible. Do not trust anything he says afterward. I believe you two can connect the dots.'
The two Councilors rushed through the woods with grim expressions. They moved forward without saying a word, both of them weighed down by the implications of Damon's message.
They were certain that the letter was not fabricated because it had Damon's mana signature imprinted upon it. That's why they took the letter so seriously.
