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Chapter 31
Sush and Greg were the only two at the cafeteria. Two mugs of black coffee sat between them, along with cream puffs, bagels and a chicken sandwich - all untouched, even after Greg had spread the cream cheese for her.
“One thing, Sush,” Greg urged, leaning in. “Just eat one thing.”
She blinked, coming back to the room. Eyes assessed her options, and she picked up half a bagel - the half with a more generous amount of cream cheese, biting into it without really tasting the flavors and texture.
Greg popped a cream puff into his mouth as he continued watching her, praying Jade got the archives and correspondences fast so her mind would be kept away from the whys and focused on the hows.
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Greg’s thumb fiddling the ear of the mug paused, eyes enlarged and jaw tensed, finding no humor in Sush, who simply shrugged.Annoyance set in, and he noted pointedly, “Sush, as much as I want to, we’ve established that I can’t read your mind. Kindly elaborate.”She was going to tell him. She just didn’t know where to start. Patterson and Carter were an item for quite a while, before Sush herself joined the hunters. Greg’s impatience had put a stop to her mind that had already been slowed from the day’s events. The words “as much as I want to” did most of the magic, conjuring thoughts that Sush never thought she had.Deciding for
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A day later, after taking off from work, Jade, Sush, and Hazel met at Greg’s place after Greg had completed his chat session with Enora. Only when Enora had to say a sad goodbye and utter the routine “I love you” did Greg let the three in, replying, “I love you too, sweetheart. Sweet dreams. Talk to you tomorrow.”The words drew nothing out of Jade, who - like every maverick - knew who it was at the other end of the line, so he extracted his stuff and methodically arranged everything on the kitchen counter like it was just another evening after work; it shocked Hazel, who kept up with news and gossip of all kinds yet didn’t know Greg already had someone; and as for Sush, who knew he said those words while letting them in on purpose - she shot him an annoyed glare which ea
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The cafeteria was almost vacant. And the moment Sush stood, Greg and the others followed suit, which was when Ella said, “Boss, we have a report from the kingdom.” It was practically code for “we have information about the hunters that we cannot say in front of the hunters”.His hand instinctively went to Sush’s lower back again in a light graze, murmuring “see you later” into her ear and sank back into his seat as Sush, Hazel, and Amara left them to it. Vix and Baxter came and slid into the empty seats, and their group link began.Jade started, ‘Boss, the defense ministry knows we’re hacking.’Greg’s gaze turned fierce, wary.
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Ella completed her task within thirty-six hours, reporting that Catrine Carter’s bank statements and balances hadn’t changed much pre- and post-Larson. Emails were clean. She didn’t find anything interesting in the phone records either. But the thing that intrigued her was even though Carter’s bank statements didn’t change, her outward appearance did.Ella showed Greg before and after pictures of Carter, and the difference in the chameleon’s hair, make-up, clothes, bags and accessories was glaring. Greg checked the bank records again, at which time Ella promptly noted that Carter couldn’t have afforded the change with a huntress’s payroll.“Have you traced her purchases?” Greg asked, fascinated and suspicious.&ldqu
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Greg stepped onto the chameleon’s floor and wondered whether he’d entered the wrong place. When the mavericks mentioned the chameleons’ workfloors had an interior equivalent of some of the most exquisite hotels they’d seen or broken into, Greg simply assumed his followers just hadn’t seen enough exquisite hotels.Being here now, he wondered if he’d seen enough exquisite hotels. The place was a far cry from the mundane interior of the trenches.The floor here was tiled with marble for Goddess knew why. The left side opened to a huge gym partitioned from the rest of the floor by glass walls, its interior was Moroccan-themed with vibrant red and yellow. Every treadmill and bike was occupied, two of whom were running had almost lost their momentum at the sight of the duke, almost slipping off the
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After another shitty test run of the new earplugs, Sush dragged her exhausted self to the elevator, intending to head to the archers’ floor to blow off some steam at their gun range. When the elevator arrived, she already felt better that the octopuses who looked like they were waiting to ascend said they were waiting for another two of their own from the restrooms before they ascended together, so Sush had the space all to herself and tried not to look too happy about not needing to share and make small talk with anyone on the ride up.Right before the metal doors closed, a hand came between them, making both doors part before Greg stepped inside.“Are you out of your mind?” Sush reprimanded.“Give me a minute,” he urged in his usual monotone a
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The fact that Greg didn’t use Hazel’s nickname was not a good sign.“What about her?” Sush asked, though - as her mind recalled there being suspects earlier - she already had a good idea of what was coming next.Swallowing a lump in his throat, he disclosed, “Jade found things on her encrypted phone. Sh—”Sush’s eyes drew shut and her hand held up to a stop sign when she interjected, “Pause right there. Her what?”Greg stared at her for a good second before murmuring under his breath, “Well, at least we know the encrypted phone isn’t common knowledge.”“It’s not,
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