The third facility was in Romania, hidden in the mountains.
Sasha led a smaller team this time—Rhys, Luc, and Nadia. Maya stayed behind to help with the new arrivals from Poland. Hope guarded Haven's borders.
The journey took four days. The mountains were treacherous, the paths hidden. But Luc knew the way. He had been here before, centuries ago, when the families were first building their power.
"This place is older than the others," he said. "The wards are stronger. The guards are more dangerous."
"Then we're more careful." Sasha studied the facility from a ridge. "We go in slow. Quiet. No alarms."
They entered through a drainage tunnel, the same as before.
But this facility was different. The corridors were wider, the cells larger. There were hundreds of hybrids here—more than any
