AYLETH
Although the temptation was there to follow Etan herself and be with him, she'd heed the warnings he'd sent to them. She knew his heart, knew his strength. He wouldn't have warned them so direly if he hadn't meant it.
But that didn't mean she couldn't send her Knight Defender to pursue him and learn what, exactly, was going on.
She hurried from the room, Falek on her heels. It wasn't until they were in the curving corridor outside that she began to whisper her instructions.
"…you follow him while I am locked in the bathing room. I will not emerge until you knock—and in the meantime you can ask him what precipitated this."
"This isn't a good idea, Ayleth," Falek rumbled, his eyes scanning the corridor and even the ceiling—who he thought might be up there to harm her, she had no idea. "He warned us against contact for a reason."
