Harold's POV
"I have eyes inside Shadow Ridge," Vanessa said simply. "Not many, but enough."
That should have concerned me more than it did.
"So we need to move before he's fully prepared," Tom said.
"Exactly." Vanessa pointed to the map. "We hit them in three days. During their victory celebration for the council hearing win. They'll be distracted. Overconfident."
"Three days isn't much time," I said.
"It's enough." Vanessa looked at both of us. "Unless you're having second thoughts?"
"No second thoughts," Tom said immediately. "I'm in."
I thought about Christian. About the son I'd raised and shaped. The son who'd rejected everything I'd taught him. The son who'd chosen that girl over his own father.
"I'm in," I said.
Vanessa raised her glass. "To the end o
