Dax slid the amulet across the island.
It stopped before Rhen.
He saw the engraving.
DL.
The temperature seemed to fall.
“Where did you find this?”
“Outside, near the garden bench.”
Rhen closed his hand around the amulet without crushing it.
“A Diablo Levélle mark appears upon our land on the same night a witch arrives at our gates.”
Nobody offered the word coincidence.
Rhen looked toward the door.
“Where is she?”
He turned.
Dax’s voice stopped him.
“What are you going to do?”
Rhen faced him.
“What should have been done when she first appeared.”
Malakai stepped into his path and signed sharply.
Stop.
“She is linked to the heretics.”
That means we question her.
“It means she dies.”
Malakai did not move.
Dax lifted one hand.
“Listen. The amulet is not a coincidence, but killing her gives us nothing.”
“It removes a threat.”
“It removes our only lead,” Cole said. “If she is tied to them, she may be the only thread we possess.”
Rhen looked at the amulet again.
“You believe she will willingly reveal who sent her?”
Malakai signed,We learn nothing by killing her while she is unconscious.
