A Life of Lucky Last-Minute Saves

Baige pressed her palm against a cracked wall and felt the whole stairwell answer back. A load path was failing, and she knew it the same way she knew a lie. When she woke in a villain’s body, she kept the mind that had once measured bridges and beams, and she used it to read people in the same hard way. Her healing gift made her priceless in the safehouse, but it also made every order feel like a chain. She earns her first paycheck on the evening she can finally buy her own choices, then learns that money can feel heavier than blood when everyone wants a piece of it. The one man who watches her work with quiet respect may be the only person who sees her before the role does.