As Victor separated from Nessa and her team, he took his team into the trees and headed in the direction she had said his team would be going. Once they had gone far enough that hers would not see his team, he turned to the three men with him and filled them in on the true plan. "The three men with Nessa have been compromised. They are working with Lukas and are walking with her into a trap. Therefore, we will not be headed in the direction she had announced in front of them. Instead, we will be waiting here for a moment for the rest of the men, then we will follow behind them."
As he finished talking, five other men walked up to them. Victor bowed his head at them, "Thank you for coming." The men were from the Frostcrest pack. When Nessa had sent the guard to get him, she had him say con
