As the boys were taken into the depths of Fang Fortress, the patrol guards led them through a series of winding passages, their footsteps echoing on the stone floor.
Luca's lips curled in disdain as he remembered what Leonardo had told them when the guards weren't looking.
'Once we get there, you three might as well pretend you're mute. If anything, your voices could ruin the entire plan, and we don't want that happening now, do we?"
Simon glanced nervously at Luca, noticing the vein pulsing angrily in his forehead. When his eyes slid to Simon, the boy reacted and quickly looked away, shifting his attention back to the guards as they led them deeper into the fortress, the heavy silence thick with anticipation.
