POV: Ian Greco

The schemes I'd deployed over the next three weeks were precise and vicious.

First, I created evidence that Emilia was still communicating with me. Fake messages suggesting she was feeding me information about the cabin's defenses. The forgeries were good enough to create doubt even when she denied everything.

Then I orchestrated a "failed" attack on the cabin that conveniently left Emilia unharmed while injuring others. Made it look like she'd known about the assault in ...