The room was covered in silence as Aveline sat at her desk trying to piece together all the information about her inner circle, Thorne's undermining acts, the Chamber of Secrets attacks, and all the sabotage she was getting in her pack. suddenly she pulled out the old map spread out before her. By the dim light of a single lantern, she traced the faded lines and secret symbols with her finger. Gabriel's words played in her mind: "This is the key to understanding everything."
She didn't trust him—not fully—but she couldn't ignore the pull of curiosity and the possibility of uncovering the truth. Carefully, she began decoding the map and checking for more secrets in the documents.