Aurelia moved through the shadows, holding the sound detector which Reagan gave her to improve her hearing. Her frown kept deepening by the second. In just one hour of moving through the dark night, she had discovered three traitors sending messages using special symbols and devices, while ensuring that the palace cyber security system wouldn't detect them.

However, no matter how much Aurelia tried, she didn't find James with any of them, confounding her.

She shrugged and went back to her starting point, heading towards the side door.

She had just avoided the last batch of guards, sneakily searching for keys in the guards' room beside the gate. The guard...