Roselys watched the shift in his face.
"Explain."
"There's been chatter," he said. "Prince Rulen is leading a private expedition. Church archives. Radiant Spear files. Things from deep storage. Things people forgot existed. New copies of old documents are surfacing. My brother heard more than he should have."
Roselys kept her breathing even. Though an unease feeling crept up in her chest.
"Why would Rulen do that."
"No clue," Paz said. "Something is stirring. Whatever it is, it made the Coriel information resurface. That's how the archbishop ended up mentioning it. That's how my brother caught it."
She tapped a fingertip on the table. One short sound.
"So prince's involvement wasn't accidental."
"Nothing about Prince Rulen is accidental," Paz said. "You know that."
She leaned forward slightly.
"Then let me ask something else. How is your progress on the southern track."
He blinked once.
"Still working on it."
