Issac closed his eyes before saying quietly. "If she reaches the peak," Isaac said quietly, "she may not come back."
Reinhard's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"
Isaac's eyes held something Reinhard couldn't quite read. Not quite pity or a warning but a mix of the both of them.
"I mean exactly what I said." Isaac released Reinhard's shoulder and moved toward the window. "Yor Noctyne may climb that mountain. She may even reach the summit where no one else has succeeded. But the girl who returns, if she returns, may not be the same person who left."
The specific way Isaac said "if she returns" made Reinhard's chest tighten.
"You think the Sovereign will change her?" Reinhard asked carefully. "Corrupt her somehow?"
