Chapter 561

• He very very carefully stepped around the fact that this whole excursion was a detour they didn't really need to do. Everyone was on board to go to False Gate and then the Forgotten Place, and this trip was purely to help Caera with something completely unconnected. He'd promised he'd help, and he would, but they didn't have time for this.
• Judging from the glare Caera gave him over her shoulder, she knew that, and knew he was thinking about it.
• "Lasca," he said, "you know a place where the Cainites patrol? Maybe just a few of them?"