Narration
Lyla sat in the breakroom, poking at her lunch with her fork. She was nervous about working with Sedric and Tommy, but if it meant she could be reunited with her family, she didn’t care.
Her life had been full of downs, starting with her mom’s kidnapping and eventually her sister’s. She never understood why she was spared, but she was left at the orphanage, where she spent her childhood. She sighed thinking about the very vague memories of her family.
Sedric joined her, leaning in so only she could hear him.
“We grab the girl tonight. I exchanged shifts with one of the night guards. You need to be ready to go. We’re sending a group of rogues to distract patrol at midnight so we can get out unseen. Tommy is working on tweaking the surveillance. We will be at your house no l
