"Already trying." She held up a tracking crystal. "But they're good and it seems they have anti-scrying measures."
"How long does he have?" Adrian asked quietly.
Victoria's expression was dark. "Hours or maybe a day if they're thorough, but it shouldn't be long."
Aria stepped forward, face pale. "So this is it! The betrayal that I predicted, it's not one of us betraying directly but someone getting taken. Cipher knows almost all our plans and if they make him talk..."
The implications hit everyone at the same time.
If the League broke Cipher, they'd know everyone in the resistance, every aware person at this tournament and some of our plans. Everything. They could eliminate us all in one coordinated strike. In one go.
"We have to rescue him," I said after a while. "Before they extract what they need, we need go get to him fast."
"That's suicide," someone protested. "We don't even know where he is!"
