Chapter 64. Days 3 and 4: What Happened in Venatores? (3)

[Several hours later on the outskirts of Venatores, Warlanda]

“Well then, we’re dead,” said Nathan, as their van was pulled over. “I don’t get it. How could she already know that we’re here unless—”

“I told her. I told Lilith we were coming,” said Aaron, speaking for the first time since getting into the van.

A man of average height and build approached the van. Without another word, Aaron got out of the van. Everyone else soon followed suit.

“When did he do that? What the hell is he thinking? Did you know about this, Cassie?” asked Troy.

Cassie looked on with everyone else as Aaron went out to meet the man that had pulled them over. Aaron was eerily quiet, too quiet on the drive to Venatores. It unsettled her. Imperium, the city of power, was so named because of more than just its officially doesn’t exist, army of myth. The House of Assassins also kept within its walls dangerous secrets. Resilient and crafty, in no small part due to his strict upbringi