The moment the firelight flickered out and the moon climbed high above the trees, we weren’t just sitting around the edge of a ridge anymore. We were already in the middle of it. The storm had come. No more running. No more hiding. This was happening.
I could feel it in my bones. The weight of what we were about to do hung over me, but it didn’t scare me. Not anymore. The plan was clear. We were going to tear everything down. And the Elders They’d underestimated us.
I wasn’t about to make the same mistake.
Cassian had spread the maps across the cold stone floor. They were worn, edges frayed, the ink smeared from countless hands. There were marks and scribbles all over them—notes that didn’t make sense to me yet. But they were pieces. Pieces of a puzzle I needed to solve.
I couldn’t sto
