Breaching the Defenses

Either she trusted people less than I did or hid something huge, powerful, or incriminating inside that small cottage.

For the next hour, I fought against the dozens of traps she had in place, trying to get close enough to get into her house. Bastian looked ready to barrel through the yard and knock down the door, but it wouldn't be that easy.

When one of the thick vines wrapped itself around me