*Chloe*

‘Tonight’s the night. Are you ready?’

I stared at the phone in my hand, reading a text from Alex. The air had that level of energy you get right before a thunderstorm. Was I ready? How could anyone be ready for a stint serving as live bait?

The plan we’d come up with was solid, and there were plenty of ways to mitigate the danger. There was, however, no way to completely eliminate it. There were a million ways the whole thing could go south ...