Henri took the narrow strips of parchment in his hands and smoothed each one before reading it carefully.
There was a limit to what could be written on a message attached to the leg of a pigeon, and each message was frustratingly brief, provoking more questions than it answered, but three messages combined to tell a deeply disturbing story about recent events in Lothian March.
– Demon Raids Intensifying. Hanrahan & Dunn Attacked. Tithes taken: 1 in 20. Loman to lead Templar & Inquisition in Response. –
– Bors Lothian. Dead. Winter Sickness. Midwinter Funeral. Memorial first summer. Owain to Succeed. –
– Ashlynn Blackwell. Dead. Demon Raid. Child unborn. Midwinter Memorial. –
– Owain Lothian to wed Jocelynn Blackwell. Midwinter wedding & coronation. –
– Confessor Eleanor Blackwell murdered by Inquisition. Midwinter Memorial. Inquisitor Excommunicated, Executed by Owain. –
