Jacin walked carefully through the halls of the palace. He didn’t like leaving Luna to begin with, but now he was roaming the halls of an Earthen palace with a filthy American criminal, searching for a Lunar spy. Because that was exactly how he wanted spend his Saturday morning.

And considering he should be preparing for the trial in three days, well this was an excellent use of his time. However, he had to admit that he always like the idea of a hunt and a search for justice. But yet, he couldn’t help wondering: Was the spy leading them into a trap?

“See, I’ve always been a conditioner guy, but clearly you haven’t,” Thorne went on. “Do you even wash you hair, Jamie?”

“Jacin.”

“Right, sorry,” Thorne said with a smile that showed he really didn’t mean it.

“Ugh,” Jacin said. “Let’s just find the spy.” As they walked, Jacin tried to think of names that sounded like Thorne, so he could “get confused.”

“So what was it like being a Lunar guard?”

Thomas? No, too far off.

“Were you, like, glamoured or just loyal?”

Tony? Nope, not close enough.

“Are you planning on answering any of these questions?”

“Nope. The only thing I’m planning is your murder.”

For a second Thorne looked confused, but then started laughing. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard you make a joke before. Congrats!”

“I’m not joking,” Jacin replied, though he started to crack a grin. He was starting to warm up to Thorne. Not that he would let Thorne know it. “You’re a pretty-boy idiot.”

“I agree with two of those three things,” Thorne smiled.

“What, pretty and idiot?”

Thorne laughed. The two of them continued looking for any sign of sabotage. The spy wasn’t in sight when Scarlet went crazy, so they must have had an escape route. But where could it be? They searched the long corridors for an hour, never finding a single trace of an uninvited Lunar.

“So, Jacin? What do we do now?” Thorne asked.

“We keep looking. He or she couldn’t have gotten far.”

“But it’s been over an hour. They could be halfway to Luna by by now!”

“We keep looking,” Jacin said again.

Thorne sighed but continued to search. Jacin remained as watchful as ever. Where could they have gone? But then Jacin remembered something. Back when he had been guarding Levana when she first came here, he had overheard rumors of secret tunnels being built. Was it possible the rumors were true?

“Thorne,” Jacin said, distracting him from his work. “I think we’re looking in the wrong place.”

The two of them headed back to the dining hall, and began to look not for an escape route, but a hidden tunnel. They stomped hard on each cobblestone, hoping to find a switch to open a door. They then started hitting the walls randomly in the vein that it might switch a trigger.

After half an hour of that they sat back down, exhausted. Whoever had been the spy must have been good, and Thorne was right. Even if they did find a secret tunnel, the spy must have already escaped.

Jacin looked around, and noticed something. At the top of the grand window, there was a small platform, nothing noticable if you weren’t looking for it, and well concealed behind a curtain. But it was perfect for glamouring someone. And right near it was the head of a dragon engraving, which could be used as a...

“A trigger!” Jacin said loudly.

Thorne looked at him. “What?”

“Follow me!” Jacin said, and the two of them found small footholds in the wall. They climbed up carefully, and when Jacin reached the top he pressed on the dragon’s head. A door swung open.

Thorne and Jacin carefully walked through and heard voices. “We must plan our next attack perfectly so they nev-”

“Shut up!” said a second voice. “I heard something.”

“It’s just your paranoia,” the first one went on.

“No, it wasn’t,” the second one exclaimed. Thorne and Jacin were getting close now. “Let’s get out of here!”

And suddenly Jacin found himself in an on foot chase for the spies.

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