QUEEN practically flew through the mansion’s back hallway, her shoes tapping lightly against the marble floors as she slipped inside unnoticed, the heavy front doors left untouched. She pressed her back to the wall just inside the corridor, her chest rising and falling with each sharp breath, and her heartbeat still sprinting from what they had just pulled off.

She cast a quick glance over her shoulder, no one there. No one had seen her come in. Perfect.

Without wasting a second, she hurried to her room, her steps quick and deliberate, her mind already spinning with what she would do next. As she pushed her door open and stepped...