"Saturday needs a different plan," I said, before he could say whatever he was about to say. "Not Andrei's. Ours."
"We had a plan," Marco said, from his position by the window, "and then several things happened to it."
"We had the beginning of a plan," Imogen said. "Andrei's been three steps ahead of every version of it. So we stop planning ahead and start planning around."
Everyone looked at her.
She had the grace to look slightly self-conscious about it. "I grew up watching him work, so I know how he thinks. He builds toward revelation — everything he does is structured to culminate in a moment where he shows someone something they didn't know, in front of people whose opinion matters, so the reveal does double the damage." She looked at me. "Saturday was supposed to be that. Cian, t
