Vashnar yielded to her and gave a conceding nod. ‘I still am. But circumstances change and we must move with them. We’ve never had a precise schedule for the latter part of our plan. By definition, it was something we prepared for against the time when an appropriate moment would arise. As for deciding when it had come, that was always going to be a difficult judgement.’
‘And?’ Vellain prompted, catching the note in his voice.
‘And I think now that we might be much nearer than we realize. I think that perhaps we might even be able to engineer that moment.’
She squeezed his arm, pressing her question. ‘But the Tervaidin...’
‘Need to be tested. In the field. In action.’
‘But they’re all experienced Wardens. You picked them yourself, trained them.’
Vellain went to open the tall glass do
