Chapter 14
The Grand Heist Plan
Antoinette devises a hilariously ill-conceived plan to infiltrate the enchantress's agency and steal the golden knitting needle. The plan involves disguises and a lot of luck.
Antoinette paced her living room, her slippers leaving faint trails in the dust motes dancing in the afternoon sun. Each circuit of the worn Persian rug felt like a lap around a racetrack, and she was definitely losing. "A heist," she muttered, the word tasting foreign and vaguely criminal on her tongue. "A grand, audacious, utterly ridiculous heist." She stopped abruptly, striking a pose she imagined belonged to a master strategist, which mostly involved squinting and chewing on her lower lip. "It needs a plan. A foolproof plan. Preferably one that doesn't involve me ending up in a magically enchanted jail cell, knitting doilies for eternity."
Her mother, perched on the edge of the sofa like a particularly stoic owl, offered a gentle clack of her knitting needles. "A loose thread," she said, her voice as soft as spun wool, "can unravel the whole garment, Antoinette. Best to find it and snip it clean before it spreads."
Antoinette threw her hands up. "Mother, with all due respect, your knitting metaphors are about as helpful as a chocolate teapot in a heatwave. I’m talking about breaking into a magical talent agency run by a sorceress who probably uses discarded unicorn horns as toothpicks. We need more than ‘a loose thread.’ We need a blueprint! A diversion! Perhaps a well-timed sneeze that triggers a magical explosion!"
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