Chapter 235: Another Identity
Tobias wasn't shocked. He should have anticipated this outcome.
He'd known long before the flames began to rise that the plan was too neat, too predictable.
He showed his people the secret passageway—one that Sam had once told him about back when she was still a part of the black market.
The passage wasn't something many knew existed. It hid between two broken walls behind the old smithery, half-swallowed by vines and cracked stone. To find it, one had to push through the narrow split and step into a crevice that opened into darkness. The air inside always smelled of wet rock and rusted metal. It led under the market—a forgotten tunnel that wound toward a derelict storage facility. Tobias didn't know much about it, except that no one went there anymore. That was enough.
After ensuring his people knew the way through, Tobias turned back toward the heart of the chaos. He couldn't leave yet. Not without the child.
