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Isla looked back at the book. We had another piece of the conspiracy, but no name. Whoever had helped Corvin had known enough about Silvermere’s plans to stop Isla from reaching safety. That kind of information hadn’t been easy to get.
She turned another page. Lyrienne explained that Corvin disappeared after taking Isla to Ashcrest. He never returned to Silvermere or Redmont. Someone had met him after he
completed what he’d been sent to do.
“I learned that Corvin left Ashcrest after placing you there. He traveled north before disappearing again. I believe he went to meet the wolf who helped him. I intend to follow him.”
Isla stopped.
“Did she tell you where?”
Tavian shook his head.
“Not when she left.”
I looked at him.
“But you learned later.”
“Yes.”
Isla continued reading before asking anything else. The next pages returned to Darius and the life her parents had wanted for her. Lyrienne wrote about Silvermere and why they had chosen it.
“We wanted you somewhere you could grow knowing what you were. Your father wanted you to run beside the river and know the wolves who would protect you. We wanted you to have choices. Someone took those years from all of us.”
Isla closed her eyes. I kept hold of her hand. Nothing I said could replace what had been stolen from her. But now she knew her parents hadn’t abandoned her.
She opened her eyes and continued. Lyrienne wrote about the name Isalienne again. She explained that Darius had chosen part of it while she had chosen the rest.
“Your father called you Isla before you were born. It became our name for you before we ever held you. If you are reading this under another name, I hope some part of the one we gave
The name they gave me
you remained.”
Isla looked at me.
“They didn’t take all of it.”
“No.”
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She looked down at Isalienne Rowan. Derek and Helene had removed enough to hide where she’d come from, but Isla had remained. She had carried part of her real name without
knowing it.
Isla reached the final page. Only a few lines remained beneath Lyrienne’s last entry. A place name had been written at the bottom.
“Frostvale.”
Tavian looked at her.
“North of Evercrest.”
Isla turned the book toward me. Lyrienne had written that Corvin’s trail continued there. She had left Evercrest intending to follow it.
“Did she return?” Isla asked.
“No.”
Isla stared at the last page. Her mother had left Evercrest searching for Corvin and the wolf behind him. Whatever she’d discovered had taken her farther north. There were no entries after Frostvale.
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