Chapter 10

“He’s hot, isn’t he?” The orange-hair huntress, Hazel Robinson, whispered to Sushmita.

Hazel was deputy chief with a personality that was in direct contrast from her superior. She was the approachable one, the friendly one, the one you’d want at a party because she’d light up the room.

Sushmita, on the other hand, would just dim everything down - at least, that was how she felt.

It was surprising to them both that Sushmita was appointed chief when Hazel was already deputy under their former chief, Zasper Zavier. Sushmita tried to change the defense ministry’s minds but they saw no merit in “she’d already been deputy for years”, so the position went to Sushmita, who the ministry knew would handle the publicity and mediation with the kingdom well enough that they themselves would remain alive at the end of things.

Hazel and Abbott had been under close scrutiny when their respective chief and deputy had been found to be involved in the conspiracy. It took several weeks before they were c