[Lilith?]
Simon reached out to her through their connection.
There was no answer.
Her aura was faint, so faint that it felt like the last warmth left in a cold hearth. But it was there, deep beneath the silver pool, buried somewhere within the bedrock under their feet.
'What is she doing down there?'
Lilith had left him on the very day he arrived in Vhal-Sar, saying that there was something she wanted to see. He had wondered back then whether she had sensed the Soulmending Spring.
Now, it seemed that she had.
But why couldn't she answer him?
Simon's gaze moved to Tavian's hand, which was now resting on the surface of the silver water. Whatever Tavian had found down there, Lilith was down there with it.
That made Simon's expression turn cold.
Then his attention shifted to Neris.
She was still in Tavian's arms, and her head was still resting against his chest. To anyone looking, she seemed to be sleeping peacefully.
But Simon frowned.
