~LYRA'S POV~
Eren's most trusted second arrived from Moonveil on the fourth day.
His name was Aiden, not a name I'd heard before, but apparently someone Eren had relied on for years, described to me once in passing as the most effective person he'd ever put in a difficult situation and the least talkative about what he did in it.
He was built like a wall. Not tall exactly, but wide in the shoulders and dense in the way that people who had spent their entire lives in physical training became dense, the specific gravity of someone who moved very deliberately because they were used to things breaking when they didn't. He came in quietly, gave the room one assessment sweep, and stood in the corner until Eren noticed him.
The news he'd brought wasn't good.
