Chapter Eleven - Chapter Fifteen Summary

In chapter eleven, Gaius returns to the south with some of his father's men. There, he witnesses the Beltane festival, which is interrupted when a group of cows stampede, goring some villagers. The High Priestess's bodyguard is unnerved by this and faints, and Gaius himself catches the High Priestess. As he does, he sees Eilan again and realizes what she must have become.

Back at the Forest House, Lhiannon decides to adopt a young British/Roman girl that the Fellowship of the Raven (the organization of sons born from the priestesses raped by Romans, including Cynric) ask her to take in. This girl is the niece of Gaius's father's secretary, Valerius, and is called Valeria, though Eilan, who looks after her, renames her Senara.

At the beginning of chapter twelve, Valerius asks Gaius to find...