Chapter 335 - Petunia

Day before the gala

"Charlie team in position," the man's voice came through the little earbud I wore in my right ear.

I kept a tight hold on my fear. My relief. My heart. All of the planning, all of the tears, all of the arguments. It all came down to this.

"Delta team in position," Raphael said through my ear.

"Foxtrot team in position," another voice said.

I still wasn't quite sure who was who by their voice, but I'd done an okayish job of remembering names and faces. The fact that I had a team full of women with me made me like the Amatuccis even more. They didn't discriminate. If someone had the skill and the drive to join the security teams, they were given a position.

"Estrogen team in position," I said.

A series of clicks came through the earbud. I'd made a single joke about Echo team being full of vaginas. They called us the Estro team now. Since we were collectively badass, I didn't really care what they called us as long as it wasn't disrespectful.

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