They spent the next hour going over maps and patrol schedules with Captain Morris, trying to figure out the best way to get into Nightbane territory without getting themselves killed. It was complicated and dangerous and probably stupid, but it was better than doing nothing while her mother sat in a dungeon waiting to die.

*We can do this. We have to do this.*

Zephyra was studying a detailed map of the border regions when she heard horses approaching outside. Fast horses, riding ...