The next night, during the guard change, inside the observation room.
Click, click!
As soon as the two Mage Soldiers guarding her left, Meyer, who had been watching every movement around her, pulled out the little piece of metal she had received yesterday and easily picked the shackles on her wrists.
She slipped out of the observation room. Like a real fox, she kept sweeping wary eyes over her surroundings, then crept down the corridor like a thief in a silent film.
To her surprise, the guards who should have been watching the perimeter had vanished.
That immediately made her suspicious.
She knew John's meticulous nature all too well.
If he wanted to keep her locked up, he would never leave such an obvious gap in his defenses.
So, was this a trap?
Meyer's eyes narrowed in thought, but World-Shaking Wisdom soon helped her find the answer. Everyone from the Special Operations Division must have attacked the Governor's Office! That's why the guards here were called away!
Yes, that had to be it!
I knew my friends in the Special Operations Division wouldn't abandon me!
Meyer was so moved by the truth she had pieced together that she burst into tears. She quickly wiped them away, though, and turned a determined gaze toward the drain in the west wall.
Under the bright moonlight, her keen Beastfolk eyesight soon let her make out something else.
The drain, which should have been blocked by a heavy grate, now had a gap just wide enough for one person to squeeze through.
Beyond it, the pitch-black opening lay right there in plain sight. Everything had worked out so neatly that it seemed heaven itself had prepared an escape route for her!
Excitement and anticipation surged through her. *Ha! Here's to freedom and a bright