THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED
he said, before the voice on the other end could ask.
"I assumed as much."
"Shall I intercept?"
"No." The reply came instantly, almost amused. "Do not take the Key."
Edmund frowned, genuinely surprised for the first time in longer than he could remember. "What?"
"Let them find it."
"The First Key is useless," the voice continued, unhurried, savoring each word the way a man savors a plan finally coming together. "Without the Second."
Edmund said nothing for a moment.
Then, slowly, understanding settled over him cold, precise, almost beautiful in its patience.