"They know exactly where to go," Kade continued, his voice lowering not in volume but in weight, carrying the gravity of a storm gathering over the river. "Which means they've either been here before… or they've been told."
Marcus's expression darkened by a fraction, the shadow of betrayal flickering across his features like distant lightning. "Either way, they shouldn't have made it this far."
"No," Kade agreed, and the finality in his tone made it clear this was not simply a failure to be corrected, it was something that would be dismantled piece by piece until nothing remained but the lesson carved into the bones of anyone who dared test Nightshade's walls.
