45

ELEANOR

The hugely anticipated day when we would finally set our plan into motion was finally here. Today, I would meet with Easton and tell him about my plans, our plans, rather.

Every muscle in my body was pulled taut in anticipation, and I could feel my heart thump erratically in the confines of my chest. I wondered if this was really the best thing to do. Letting Easton in on the plan could either guarantee our success or be a final signature to our death wish, all depending on how he took it.

It didn't make me feel any better that Easton had only just signed a truce with Zane, making them more or less allies now. He would be risking Zane's anger and possibly a war by even entertaining me.

I had second thoughts about going forward with this, but Jasmine and Clara's resolve was unfaltering, urging me to trust my instincts, which was pretty contradictory, seeing as every alarm bell in my head was simultaneously going off, asking me not to go forward with the potentially damning pl