Three days after their return, Finn sent an urgent message.

Not through the coalition channel. Through the broadcast itself, using the reverse technique, which meant he had learned to do it in the two weeks Marina had been away, which meant someone had taught him, which meant either Renna had been teaching or the distribution had reached him directly.

Marina pressed her palm to the boundary stone and received it.

Finn's message was not urgent in the way that crisis was urgent. It was urgent in the way that something significant and unexpected required immediate attention before it became something that needed managing rather than understanding.

In Silvermoon territory, two...