Chapter Thirty

Summary

• The main character recounts traumatic experiences but withholds secret details critical to the safety of Aretia.
• The squad contemplates deep and distressing information about dangers beyond their protective wards.
• Rhiannon, Sawyer, and Ridoc express various levels of shock but not anger towards the main character's actions.
• The main character's friends offer support, acknowledging the burden and jointly resolving to find solutions.
• They discuss the possibility of hidden records about the creation of wards that could help them.
• Ridoc reveals knowledge of personal journals of Basgiath founders that may be in an unknown sublevel vault.
• The main character's trust issues are highlighted when she realizes these journals may have been accessible if she had confided in her friends sooner.
• Despite extensive research with her friends, crucial information and help from ally Andarna are absent, adding to the main character's worries.
• Their squad's busy military training and Tairn's mood reflect the tension between their duties and personal connections.
• A meeting is arranged with Jesinia, who may have discovered important information about the vault.
• Eya, another character, is killed by invading soldiers during a forbidden incursion into the Riders Quadrant by the infantry.
• The main character barely survives an assassination attempt by clawing onto the edge of a rooftop but is left hanging precariously.
• The last moment pictures the assailant being killed by an unexpected dagger to the throat from behind.