Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“Well, for one thing, the masking on the sky is quite thin, so it does
seem like it’d be safer for Silveny and Greyfell to keep their distance—
which won’t be easy to convince them to do.”
“And the other thing?” Sophie pressed.
“I’m not sure if it counts as a thing, but . . . using mirrors for
camouflage this way . . . that’s the method Vespera developed.” And I
realize Luzia already admitted at Alvar’s Tribunal that she used Vespera’s
methods, he added telepathically. But it does make me wonder how much
contact the two actually had I think it might be time to pay Luzia a visit.
Won’t that make it pretty obvious that I told you about her?
Probably—but don’t look so nervous. Luzia’s no fool. I’m sure she’s
assuming you’re going to tell someone in our order. And she knows the Black
Swan has no problem hiding things from the Council, so she doesn’t have any
reason to be worried. I’m honestly surprised she never reached out to us
before—especially when she was helping the trolls relocate their hive to
Dawnheath. That had to have been a tremendous endeavor.
Do you think it’s weird that she had Alden install the gate around
Everglen after she moved out? I mean . . . if the hive’s destroyed, why would
he need it? And why didn’t she have that kind of security when she lived
there?
I can see why that might feel significant. But it’s important to remember
that our world hasn’t always been so tumultuous. Up until a few decades
ago, things truly were peaceful enough that she wouldn’t have needed that
level of security. I also suspect that adding the fence to Everglen was her way
of normalizing the one she added at Dawnheath, as well as a means of
protecting any lingering evidence that might remain of the hive. You said
Mr. Vacker’s going to be searching for it?