Like Eleven Lily had assumed that Taravast hadn't fell, because it was well defended. The suggestion that the actual reason was something more dark and dire made her heart sink.

"What is it? Why is Taravast still free?" She didn't mean for her voice to sound as weak as it did, but her mind reeled with possibilities, and none of them were especially good. Taravast was full of secrets, she knew, but it began to seem like El had stumbled across a particularly nasty one.