The Man’s Decree – Chapter 6140

"Do I look like someone who gambles?" he asked without breaking stride.

"I, Jared Chance, never move unless the result is already in my hand," he went on, voice level yet carrying the weight of someone used to looking down from very high ground. "If I lacked absolute certainty, I wouldn't have promised Miss Chance revenge, and I wouldn't be leading you into Cloudhaven City just to throw lives away."

Luther thought for a beat, then shook his head hard. "No, sir! Since the day I met you, every play you've made has landed exactly where you aimed. You've never missed!"

The set of his shoulders loosened a fraction after the admission. He had long noticed Jared's habit of planning several moves ahead, if the man spoke with this much surety, some unseen arrangement had to exist.

Jared laughed, an easy sound filled with granite-hard certainty. "Then we're agreed."