Yrene rushes to the Torre, where she tells Hafiza about the scrolls, the ruins in the Oasis, and Chaol’s theories about the Fae and healers who might be useful against the Valg. Hafiza shows Yrene a locked case in the corner of her office filled with books written in Wyrdmarks. She reveals that her predecessor tasked her with guarding them. The cases can only be unlocked using the key she wears around her neck.

Yrene asks if it would be possible to bring the books to Aelin Galathynius, who can read Wyrdmarks according to Chaol, but Hafiza promises only to consider it. Hafiza also recalls a story from her predecessor. The Fae once did dwell on the continent and left their knowledge of healing for them to find. They’d supposedly stolen it from somewhere, and their teachings formed the basis of the Torre.

After their meeting, Yrene bathes in the pools beneath the Torre. Bells hung by previous and current healers reside in the cavern. Yrene rings her own and follows its peeling echo to the far recesses of the cavern, where she finds the bell belonging to Yafa Towers, one of her distant relatives. Feeling connected to her family for the first time in so long, Yrene is filled with contentment.