The message was brief. Kieran was, apparently, a man who respected brevity in written communication even if not in personal presentation. It contained: a list of six names on the central continent, a confirmation that the Ravenhall courier network ran through four cities between the Aldric Mountains and Icrilis, and a single sentence at the bottom that read: 'The matter we discussed proceeds. First delivery in three weeks. K.'
Jack folded the message and put it in his pocket.
"Does it have a name?" he asked Petra, looking at the bird.
"Number Seven," she said. "The naming convention is sequential. House Ravenhall has forty-three."
"Seven is mine?"
