Crystal’s POVI crossed my arms, pacing slowly in front of them, each step echoing with purpose. “No,” I finally said. “We don’t kill him in five minutes. That’s too rushed. Too suspicious. We need time—leverage.”Lucy arched an eyebrow. “Leverage?”I turned to her. “Yes. We give him a poison… one that doesn’t kill instantly, but slowly. A week. Just enough to make him weak, disoriented, terminal. He won’t know what’s happening at first. By the time he realizes it, it’ll be too late.”Thorne’s brows furrowed. “And what do we gain from that?”I smiled faintly. “Everything. In that week, we send a letter to Elena. Say her dying father wishes to see her one last time—make it dramatic, emotional, whatever it takes to lure her in.”Lucy’s lips curled with intrigue, catching on quickly. “And while she comes thinking she’ll say goodbye…”“She walks into our hands,” I finished for her. “No fight. No chase. Just a girl walking straight into her own trap.”Thorne let out a low whistle, both imp
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