We sprinted there, and I could sense Adrian lagging behind.
"That's a lot of open ground to cover," Rose pointed out. Adrian was using spirit to make us appear blurry to others. However, we weren't sure if it was working. Nobody seemed to recognise us, and they were all in a panic anyway. There were many people running in our direction, and I could see a queue of cars lining up at the gate to get away already. Moroi were so afraid of the slightest little thing. "What's Lissa doing during all of this?"
"Lissa needs to stay innocent. She can't be linked to any part of the escape or explosion," I explained. No need to add that it was her idea in the first place. "She has to keep herself visible with the other royals. So does Christian. Those two would certainly be my first suspects if something blows up." I could imagine it; Lissa doing anything to help her friend and Christian setting the whole Court on fire. I'd seen some of his practices with Tasha, and he'd even set someone alight on behalf of Lissa in class.
"But the guardians won't suspect them once they realize that the blast wasn't caused by magic. And, hey, where did you guys get hold of C4? Military grade explosives are kind of extreme, even for you."
Before I could reply, three guardians were in front of us. Two of them I recognised as Court guardian. Tomas and Simon, actually. The third was a grad from Rose's class. I saw the slightest hesitation on Rose's part before she quickly took her out. Meredith had always been worse than Rose, so it was no surprise that their fight was over within seconds. I'd already taken down Tomas, and Mikhail and Eddie were finished with Simon. Eddie and Rose both wore grief on their faces at betraying their friend, but we pushed on.
"You did what you had to do," he murmured.
