Kane immediately summoned the Alliance guard and sealed the city gates.
I knew the answer the moment I saw the access badge. Derek should have surrendered it when he was suspended, but he had hidden it and used it to open the outer security gate of the Tower of Judgment.
Derek and Noah were packing at the Black Pine embassy when I arrived with the guards. Both looked uneasy at the sight of us.
"You let her out?" I asked.
"She tricked me with a story about the 12 missing pups. She said the list was hidden in the old chapel." Derek avoided my eyes. "I used the badge to get her out of the tower. I planned to bring her back as soon as I had the list. I never thought—"
"Why didn't you tell Kane or the judges?"
Noah was deathly pale. His lips shook. "I begged Father to save them first. Tho
