I sat in the chair provided for me, looking out over the vast expanse of water on the other side of the Seat. I wasn't all that surprised to be brought here to the surface, to discover the Daeva had their secret hideout, not in a far-flung location, but in the very Seat of Ostrogotho itself. My earlier wondering was confirmed when I stepped into this room and saw the familiar waters of the Obomar Sea stretching out in the distance past the shielding glass.

Raethnn quickly told ...