The secret room at Hades Wildfire's apartment was silent—eerily so, considering what was currently scribbled across the giant whiteboard in aggressive, crime-scene red marker:
OPERATION: SEDUCE AURORA
Underneath, in smaller—but equally aggressive—handwriting was:
"Try not to look like you're kidnapping her while doing it."
Naturally, that line had Rowan's fingerprints all over it. Currently, he was standing in front of the board like a deranged professor teaching "Flirting 101: How Not to Be a Walking Red Flag."
No one really remembered who gave Rowan authority to do that. Not even Milo, who was in charge of this mission. No one ever gave him authority. He just sort of... appeared, carrying vibes and bad ideas.
But everyone was in the room anyway, contributing like this was a strategic war council. A war council of idiots.
Except Gavin, of course.
