"So the Council knows about you and that's why they went after you today," Isabella said slowly. "Knows you're breaking their plans for you. And they want you dead."
"Apparently. Though the interesting part is they also want Adrian dead."
That made everyone pause.
"Why?" Damian asked. "He's the hero. The chosen one."
"That's what I need to figure out." I pulled out my notes, spreading them across the table. "Either Adrian is going off plan for them somehow, or something else is happening here."
"What does that mean for us?" Marcus asked.
"It means the game just got bigger. We're not just fighting Adrian's faction anymore. We're fighting whoever's pulling the strings behind everything."
Silence fell as they processed that.
"So....easy" Marcus said. When everyone stared at him, he shrugged. "What? I'm processing through humor. Sue me."
Despite everything, I smiled.
