After a week later, Maren walked into Austin's study with a sealed envelope bearing the Astorian seal.
"I received this envelope just now from my Arcasedian contact," Maren said as she opened the seal.
Inside there were two letters and a dozen of documents. The two letters from Dorian and Laura.
"Open the Dorain one first," Austin said.
Maren nodded and opened the letter. Dorian's letter was surprisingly short.
Your suspicions about the Arcasedian connection are correct. Laura traced the messages trail to a merchant house in Kaelara funded by Valdren's faction. The name behind it is Lady Serilda Voss. She is Valdren's sister.. She recruited Austin's father in the network and is the mastermind behind it.
Both Austin and Alina froze and glanced at each other. Before they could speak, Maren began to read Laura's letter.
