Thunder roared outside as lightning flickered across the dining hall where Lauren, Alec, and Vincent sat for dinner. Royal guards and soldiers were guarding every corner of the castle, both inside and outside its grounds.
Although Dimitri's second vision implied that the rebels wouldn't attack Evardin, they still took some precautions and sent soldiers all over the kingdom, especially in the town where most people were residing.
The initial plan was to create an illusion for the rebels by making soldiers pretend to be a crowd of festivalgoers during the lunar festival, but Alec changed the plan and had the lunar festivities canceled.
