Aria's POV
Sometimes the best strategy is the one nobody expects. Like standing your ground when everyone assumes you'll keep running.
"Hayes," I said quietly, "how structurally sound are these tunnels?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, if someone were to cause significant damage to the support beams, what would happen?"
He looked around at the aging stonework and exposed pipes. "Depending on the location and extent of the damage... partial collapse. Maybe complete collapse of this section."
"Would that block pursuit?"
"It would block everything. Including us."
"Not if we time it right."
Caspian caught on immediately. "You want to bring down the tunnel behind us while we escape ahead."
"I want to give our enemies something more pressing to worry about than chasing us."
"That's incre
