It was a risk—one wrong step and he’d send an avalanche of gems to the ground, but he’d have to take it. When he was sure Meranax was looking another way, he booked it, sprinting towards the chests and diving for the first one when he heard Meranax move. For a moment, his heart stopped—she had to have seen him in one of the mirrors. He even saw her looking right at him when he glanced back after he dove too soon for the chests and scrambled to get behind the first one.