She met his eyes. "I know. But these people have been suffering from injustice for a long time. They are also hurt. Lilia has been underpaid for five years. Elara watched the quality of her work degrade because the good supplies stopped coming. They are hurt too."
He shook his head slowly. "No. If you had let me know, I would have taken care of everything. I do not like you jumping into danger alone. Rushing in, leaving Auriel behind. How sure were you that Selas was the only rat?"
Lin Yue paused, then her eyes lost their light when she came to a realization.
"No."
Uriel sighed and nodded, he couldn't quite tell why she was doing this.
She could have stayed put.
"I have been noticing cracks," he said, his voice quieter now, "but I was too busy to identify them. Mira is the mastermind behind this. Selas, Lilia, Elara—they are all her accomplices. From your findings, you can see that the rat is not just one person, yes? You knew it was a network."
