Shortbeak had followed the implicit command not to search for her sister, knowing she was being watched, and if she had even so much as sniffed around, something would have happened to her. So she never knew where exactly Geoffrey had kept her. It was a pity there was only one place in the entire city that was referred to as the Vestibule. A word any casual passerby would assume meant entrance hall, in Skymount it referred to a particular building in the eastern district that had once been a hospice run by an order of nuns, a place known for its welcoming atmosphere and care.