Leona spent two days planning her trap. She couldn't remove the cameras without alerting whoever was watching, so she used them instead.
She made sure to have loud phone conversations with Thalia about needing to meet Lucas urgently.
She paced her room, pretending to debate with herself about defying her father's orders. She even wrote notes that she deliberately left visible on her desk, notes that mentioned a specific location and time.
The abandoned church. Tomorrow night at midnight.
If there was a spy, they would take the bait.
The next night, Leona made a show of sneaking out. She disabled the cameras temporarily, just long enough to make it look like she'd found a way to block them. Then she left her house through a window, knowing the guards would report her absence within minutes.
But she didn't go straight to the church. Instead, she circled back and hid in the woods near the building, watching from a distance.
