How the hell did this even happen? You're stuck. In an alleyway. Facing a scary looking guy. Trying not to potentially get roped into a heist because of your demi-god powers.

Right! Let's review. You, a proud child of Nyx, accidentally shadow-traveled to ketterdam on a quest. You'd think that's an impossible mistake to make, but in the midst of your fight with that chaemera, you were just shadow-travelling ANYWHERE, but THERE.

And it worked. To an extent. Real monkey's paw situation on our hands here.

And then you proceeded to get caught by the 6 crows. Well, not all of them. Inej, Nina, Jesper, Wylan, and Matthias were in a neighbouring alleyway. Kaz was the one to find you, a half-blood, who was most definitely not there before. Right in the midst of his scheming. Just another teenager to add to the list of problems. Well, that was probably his thought process, at least. You could still hear the other five scheming away in the alley over.