Chapter140:

Not even a full day had passed when Eli noticed the signal in Wrenbrook’s window. Part of him wasn’t too surprised to see that Rona’s attack on him had been the catalyst for dissension within the castle. Without knowing exactly what it was that caused Cassius, or Avinia, to place the flag on the right of the window above the stained glass of the chapel upside down, he couldn’t tell whether or not Kit had lost her cool and said something regrettable to her mother or if it was Rona’s temper that sparked the flame. Whatever it was, he was needed back at Wrenbrook. He should’ve never left. He was aware of that, had been since Cassius had insisted he’d be safer elsewhere. But as far as Eli could tell, the soldiers that patrolled the village were not looking for him. In fact, he was fairly certain Vin and the others actually thought they’d succeeded in their mission the night before and knocked him off. The soldiers kicked in doors and made demands throughout the small village; Eli could hea