"Improvising is how people get caught."
"Not improvising is how people stay broke." She turned back to the map. "Jordan, you're on overwatch. Shadows extend to twenty meters, yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Perfect. You're watching our backs and blocking line of sight if guards come early."
"Great. Love being the lookout guy."
"Naomi, you're our escape insurance. If someone sees us, you blast the ceiling and we run while they're distracted."
Naomi nodded slowly. "I can do that."
"And Jace." Belle's amber eyes found mine. "You're with me on point. Your Treasure Sense confirms the crystal location while mine maps the wards. We work in tandem, disable everything clean, grab the prize, and vanish before anyone knows we were there."
The plan sounded almost reasonable when she said it like that.
Almost.
I checked my phone. 10:52 PM.
Just over an hour until we committed to the single dumbest decision of our collective lives.
My System pinged quietly.
TIME UNTIL HEIST: 68 minutes
