Ren’s POV
“I don’t understand. Why is this so helpful? If they’re gonna kill us, aren’t they gonna kill us when we reach the surface, either way?”
Nick looks amused by my question. “He’s found us people to speak with who, at the very least, won’t hurt us. Whether they help us or not… that’s another matter. But they won’t hurt us.”
I think I understand. We’re not worried about the people we’re seeking out hurting us; it’s everyone else we might come across on our way to them. If we travel down here, we can avoid being seen—and avoid the word of our plan getting to Caine and his Loyalists too soon.
And, you know, also hopefully avoid being killed.
It’s gross down here, though—really gross. Not sewer-level-gross, but certainly cold, damp, and dirt-smelling kind of gross. These tunnels ar
