Maps covered every surface in the war room. Jesse's headquarters, guard rotations, entry points, escape routes. I'd been studying them for three days straight, searching for the weakness that would end this.
"There." I circled a time slot on the schedule. "Between 2 and 4 AM, his security detail changes shifts. For fifteen minutes, the east entrance has only two guards instead of six."
Laimis nodded. "We can breach there, get inside before they realize..."
"Not we." I met his eyes. "I'm leading this one."
"Thalia..." Zephyr started.
"He made it personal. He gets to see my face when his empire falls." I straightened, rolling tension from my shoulders. "We move tomorrow night. Get everyone ready."
The men filed out, leaving me alone with tactical maps and the weight of what was coming.
