No sane person would do this without a clear objective.
Power? Chaos? Revenge?
None of them quite fit.
I frowned, tapping my finger lightly against the armrest as the pieces refused to come together.
If Bane was willing to move the entire Academy like pieces on a board, then the riot itself wasn't the goal.
It was just the opening move.
If things went wrong, he could even be arrested for treason.
"I'm not entirely sure," Anna said after a brief pause. "We still don't know his exact motive. But if I had to guess… creating large-scale social chaos would be the most likely objective."
Three years in hiding.
That thought lingered in my mind.
What exactly had he been doing during that time? Preparing? Building connections? Gathering resources? You don't just disappear for three years and suddenly reemerge with something capable of shaking the entire Empire.
"He's not working alone, is he?" I asked quietly.
