Chapter 140

• Lily’s POV
• The chaotic battlefield didn’t need me right now. I nodded, ignoring John’s torn expression and Grace, who had slumped down in despair, and I ignored the three men on the floor, lying there like dead dogs. I found my backpack in the corner, clutched it to me, and hurried into another empty room to change. I had to get out of this room that reeked of intrigue and malice.
• After throwing on some street clothes, I grabbed my backpack and made my way to the stairwell (the elevator had been broken for ages). The motion-activated lights in the building seemed to have failed as well. The stairwell was dim; only the exit sign at the top cast a faint green glow. I had just reached the landing between the fourth and third floors—