Steel And Saddle
Maren sat nearby, scribbling notes, adjusting phrasing.
"It needs to cut through the noise," Maren said. "It needs to be unforgettable."
Gabrielle paused. "It needs to be Elias’s voice. And mine."
They worked until dawn.
Dante crouched in a shadowed alley, passing a satchel of weapons to a rebel guard. "Only if they strike first," he said.
He moved through the city like a ghost—meeting allies, marking escape routes, memorizing patrol patterns. He bribed syndicate guards, planted false rumors, and secured a cart for extraction.