Eli's mind raced.
'So he knew.'
He had feared this possibility, and it had come true. No matter how vigilant he was, it was futile against the Red Moon's spies, who used whatever the darkness offered to watch their targets.
He just hadn't expected Colton, the secretary, to be the mastermind behind it all. If it had been anyone else, they could have been dismissed as using Black Rose for other intelligence.
But Colton was no foot soldier scavenging for scraps. He was the Headmistress's secretary, the man who sat at her building every day, read her letters, and scheduled her meetings.
It meant the Red Moon had been planning this for a long time, and to keep it going, they had to eliminate every threat along the way, including him and Juli.
Eli, realizing the full extent of his mistake, laughed.
"I never took you for someone who blabbers this much, Colton."
