Wilder's POV
By the time the sun sets, we have a plan.
Cassian and Milo are going to do the actual attacking. If everything goes right, I’ll never step out of the bushes at all. That feels weird and wrong—I don’t like sending my brothers into combat without me by their side.
But if the wolves know where the magic is coming from, I’ll be the obvious target for an attack, and once they take me out, it’ll just be a matter of piling numbers up on the other two.
So my job is to stay out of the way, keep myself protected, and defend Cassian and Milo.
And to defend Lyra.
Cassian’s the stronger fighter, so his job will be to take out the guard who’s watching Lyra. And Milo will be responsible for getting to her, releasing her chains, and getting her back out.
“There’s no way this is going
