After knocking the two spies unconscious, we strictly forbade everyone from talking about what just transpired here.
I did not want the rest of the army to find out there was a security breach. Besides, Juliana assured me there were still more spies in our ranks. And I agreed.
It would be better to blindside them, letting the remaining leaks feed my sister whatever sanitized data we wanted them to have.
A known spy was a liability. But a known spy who thought they were invisible was a direct line into the enemy's tactical planning.
Also, Thalia seemed to have taken the exact opposite approach from me.
Instead of keeping her espionage attempt a secret and planting limited but invaluable assets in the midst of my troops, it was as if she had sent an entire flock of disposable scouts disguised as volunteers.
Either that… or she had planted fakeouts that she knew we'd easily find, distracting us from the actual snakes coiled deeper in our grass.
