Chapter 70 ~ Isla’s Room

{Cayden’s POV}

The battle has been going on for minutes now if not hours, and honestly, It wasn’t going like I expected it to be.

The Rogues were brutally attacking and for the ones that were weak, their climbing numbers made up for it.

I had also underestimated these Praised brothers. I have only succeeded in killing seven so far and I have to wonder.

What’s making them so strong?

Lacerations and rough bruises decorated my skin now and it was courtesy of the ruthlessness of these fuckers.

These Rogues had to be fighting for a cause and not just rebelling. Something or someone must be behind this whole sudden uproar and distaste.

I was very sure of this.

The Rogues had countered our ambush move and stopped us here at the East gates. Someone must have tipped us off. Someone must have betrayed our plan and warned them.

So It’s wise to suspect that there's a traitor amongst us, but that’s an issue for another time. For now, we needed to stay alive.

We were fighting our way towa