“The ‘new life, same stress’ deal is not what I signed up for.”

    “I could still be arguing with offshore insurers about whether a yacht counts as ‘sunk’ if it’s technically lodged in a whale carcass.”

    Unmoving.

    Unbreathing.

    The circle closed.

    Night deepened.

    And soon, the quiet would end.

    “Only eight go in. Quiet, clean, through the storm-side wall. That’s the side with the greenhouse, no lights near the servant paths.”

    “Because if it does, I’d rather lose eight than forty.”

    “Not even a silver spoon? Not even a peek?”

    “Do I look like I want to get strung up in town square because one of you fingerless rats decided to pocket a candlestick?”

    “Rest of you spread out around the perimeter. Stay out of sight. Eyes on every possible exit. If the estate gets word out—” he tapped the side of his head, “—the town’ll be sending knights, dogs, and a bloody choir by dawn. We cut that off now.”

    “Storm’ll cover us anyway. No one’s hearing a damn thing.”

    “Exactly why we strike tonight. This storm’s our friend. The wind’ll swallow screams. The rain’ll wash the tracks. And anyone inside that house is going to be so warm and fat they won’t even piss straight when the blades come out.”

    “Let’s make it clean. I want them gone before the wine in their cellar stops breathing.”


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