The Sentinels they picked up our trail

had he commanded ford to come? if there was magick within velen, did it not also exist in ford and in rannveig? in their sisters? he shook it from his mind to focus on what the leviathan at his side had rumbled. his brother was not a beast of many words, nor of emotion; velen knew the effort it cost ford to be so open, and was grateful.
turning his chestnut gaze upon the ruined world, the boy breathed the old scent of ash and let his shoulders curve. "because lasher was her last tie here. when he died, she was free to go with our father." the way deirdre spoke of donnelaith, velen knew she would have never left had not the servant to the witches met his end.