Sera felt relieved that her father had permitted them to proceed with the plan. Although she knew that even if he refused to cooperate, she would sneak out with Rowan during their journey in the south and reforge her mana channels away from her father's watch.
It has been a week since she dealt with the three crows the church sent to kill her, and since then, there have been no actions from their end. The silence from the Council of Eyes was more unnerving than an open assault. Sera knew that they were regrouping in the shadows, scheming to retaliate more viciously than before. It made her feel that the journey to the south was the perfect time to lure the danger away from Lysanthia, even for a moment.
