Chapter 677: Nine Measures
Ira reached him first.
She had been standing beyond the hall entrance when the door opened. Now she stopped in front of the bench and looked from his face to the blood on his robe.
"Is any of that still bleeding?"
"No." Leon lifted one hand. "I've closed everything."
Loriel arrived beside her and took the offered hand before he could lower it.
"May we use somewhere private?" she asked the steward.
He opened a screened consultation alcove off the public hall. Leon was grateful for the shorter distance even before he stood.
Inside, Seraphine closed the screen while Loriel examined him. Vyra set a cup of water within reach and waited until he drank before asking anything.
"How far?"
"Eleven."
Ira let out a breath.
"We saw it change. I thought the wall had made a mistake."
"You were there for the result?" Leon asked.
"We came after lunch," Seraphine said. "You'd already begun the last stage."
