"This is still not enough." Rhaegar shook his head. "We are still missing one crucial witness—Ilai Palewood."
Caelith fell silent.
Rhaegar watched her closely. "The men we sent to Estharo have already departed. But the journey there and back will take no less than two months. In that time… we must hold steady."
Caelith tilted her head. "I understand."
Rhaegar tapped lightly upon several points on the documents before them. "These mark the informants placed by the Earl Valehart's household. Once you return, you may begin, little by little, to divert their attention."
She listened carefully, nodding as she followed his reasoning, occasionally raising a question of her own.
"And what about Dorian?" she asked. "How am I to deal with him?"
"Continue to feign illness," Rhaegar replied. "Say that your injuries have not yet fully healed—that you require continued rest in solitude."
"Understood, I will do just that."
