Turning a traitor was easier than Jasmine expected. Keeping his change of heart a secret from the thing hunting her was not.

"If Silas suspects Corin has turned," Liora said, once the plan had been laid bare before her — reluctantly, and only because Xavier insisted her cooperation was worth the risk — "he will simply kill him and find another door. You would be trading one traitor for a corpse and no advantage at all."

"Then we make sure he doesn't suspect," Jasmine said. "We let Corin open the door exactly as Silas expects. Just not to the room Silas thinks he's walking into."

Liora's painted mouth curved, something...