Early 449 HE

[a_lioness]

Alanna is in the library, but she might as well be in the stables for all the attention she is paying the scroll spread out on the table before her.

It's her father's (as yet unfinished) report on Immortals to the king. She'd read enough. Now she's busy contemplating what it all meansIn an hour, she's due to attend a meeting of Jon's most

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[princejonathan]

A soft knock on the door and Jon's head appears in the doorway.

"Lioness. I thought I might find you here."

He steps in the room, his expression worried for all his light tone.

[a_lioness]

"Your Highness," she offers in greeting, then does away with any semblance of formality by remaining in her chair and pushing one out for him with her foot. "I haven't forgotten about the meeting, don't worry."

[princejonathan]

"I didn't think you had."

Jon takes the seat and gestures towards the paper. "Something there has you involved."

[a_lioness]

"Aye."

Alanna bites her lip, eyes still glazed over like her thoughts are miles away, and nods. Suddenly, she straightens and fixes him with a serious look.

"It's Father's report on the types of Immortals that have been sighted. He hasn't finished it yet, so I can't show you. He'd have my head. But I've read enough to know we've never been up against anything like this."