Deep into the night.
Outside Yadan Chapel, six carriages had gathered, each coach carrying four Secret Keepers. The coachmen placed their shotguns next to their seats, gently tugged on the reins, and the horses silently advanced their hooves, steering the carriages towards an unknown destination.
Chen Ke sat in the same carriage with three elders, all wrapped in brown leather coats, their heads adorned with the characteristic triangular fur hats, each with a grey feather stuck in them.
The mission totalled thirty people: six coachmen and twenty-three Secret Keepers, plus Chen Ke himself. The Serrated Knife badges had been returned, and their group was now headed for a forbidden place in Langdon: Henwick Avenue.
It was an old street that could not be found on any Langdon map, known only to the Secret Keepers. Decades ago, it was once a part of Langdon.
