98. The Infiltration

Baka watched the guards make rounds on the ground and the rooftop, waiting for her opportunity to sneak in undetected.

The last time she’d come through these gates, she’d been in a truck. This time she was exposed, dressed to blend into her environment.

This was suicide. She knew it. Her brother had said as much. But she wasn’t going to let Tatum die.

“Now what?” Bekon whispered beside her. Of all people she didn’t think would come with her on her little rescue mission, Bekon was in the top five. His hatred for the king was well known to her.

But when he and Henry had seen that she wouldn’t be convinced out of coming, they’d chosen to come with her.

She believed she had a way in. When she’d been captured by Ares, she’d noticed that the cells had small air ventilators that led outside. They were big enough to house a human being. So somewhere behind the city was a direct way into the prison.

“We need a distraction,” she replied. “One of you should distract the guards while me and th