Akiva has an epiphany. Also, if you've read Elehiya this will not shock you at all lol. gumroad.com/l/boHZU

AKIVA: "Like a shortcut." She touches her hand to her lips, brows furrowed, thinking hard. She closes her eyes and imagines Azrael's sigil, the same one that is embroidered on her cloak and is on Azrael's mask. It consists of four dots, the first and third connected by an upper arc and the second and fourth connected by a lower arc, all of which are encompassed in 3 circles. AKIVA: "A shortcut! Azrael uses a shortcut!" DARCY: "He does?" Akiva pulls the elongated point of her hood aside and points to her back, where the sigil is embroidered. AKIVA: "You know his sigil? It's like that, I think! There's four doorways and two shortcuts connecting em, I think. So one path might go from Sector One to Five, and the other goes from Seven to Thirteen, give or take."