Elara'S POVHer grin was all triumph. We spent the rest of the day coming up with strategies as we leaned over a blueprint of our target’s floor plans. Claire led us through points of entrance and exits, alternate escape routes, and important rooms within the building.The thirteen leaders and their heirs would be on the rooftop, which would have been easy enough to get to, if not for the wards. As it stood, we’d have to go in through a sewer grate several blocks away, then find our way into the building. It was a tiny oversight on 5th Circle’s part, and a stroke of luck for us, all thanks to Claire having realized the possibility of the unguarded sewer system.Watch out, 5th Circle—we’re coming for you.“Do you have any ideas for a design?” Claire asked.I lay face down, my shirt and bra discarded, and braced myself for the painful experience of getting my entire back tattooed. It wasn’t so much the discomfort I was edgy about; it was the fact that I was finally facing, and dealing w
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