Elara’s POV
The silence after my words were heavy. Lucian looked at me. His eyes showed a fight inside him.
"Take it by force," he said finally.
"He thinks I am a sad girl who will fall into his trap," I said. "So we do the opposite. We go get it together. We go smart. We take the journal and leave him empty handed."
Lucian looked at the bag on the ground. "The cabin will be a trap."
"Which is why we will have to trick them," I said. "I will make a fake me. It will pull his men one way, then the real us goes the other way."
Rylan laughed. "Cheeky."
Sela nodded. "Quiet and fast."
Lucian crouched, drawing in the dirt. "Black Ridge. Three days run. He will have lookouts. They will watch for one human, not a team."
"My phantom will be their distraction," I said. "It goes east. They f
