Chapter 17 Into The Lion's Den

• Leona’s POV
• The map lay on the table, surrounded by notes, printouts, and mugs of bitter coffee. The room felt tense—each breath and glance held a fear that only those about to do something risky understood.
• I stood in the centre, scanning the blueprints that Marcella had obtained from a corrupt city engineer. They were looking at the North District Facility. It appeared to be an abandoned chemical storage site—fenced, overgrown, and lifeless. But Hector said it hid something much worse: a secret archive and a detention wing known only to Lucien’s closest people.