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Against my better judgement, I slowly and awkwardly hugged her. Focusing on the good I was doing her and ignoring my hate for contact.
Feeling her smile, I replied: “If you let go, I’ll try and get the Greenscales to pledge support to you?”
Alessandria gently hit me and let go.
CHAPTER 7
Staring out the window of Hellen's office since her office was unavailable apparently, Alessandria looked out over the stunning castle grounds to see the lunch crowd walking into the city to eat and drink at the local cafes.
Memories of the busy loud streets packed with life and laughter made Alessandria smile and desperate to go out soon for a fun night with Hellen.
Even the thought of eating and drinking out made her mouth water and sweet meaty tastes form on her tongue.
Pulling her attention away from her food fantasies, Alessandria looked at her clear neat wooden desk with only a pile of folders on it. Then she looked at Hellen's desk. It was a symphony of chaos as piles were knocked over and stains of tea painted the documents.
Alessandria loved her friend but she needed to be more organised. Yet Alessandria couldn't understand why she had to share an office with Hellen. She was a Dominucus Procurator, so surely she would share an office with her equal who looked over the Crowd's land?
Shaking her head, Alessandria moved away from the window as she felt the beaming sun through the window start to burn her skin.
Looking around, Alessandria acknowledged the dull cream stone walls and thought about getting some paint and artwork. At least it would add some colour and character to the room. One of the reasons Alessandria hated doing all her Dominicus Procurator work was because she felt as if the room sucked the life from her. Even the silence now in the office felt wrong and creepy.
Shaking the negative thoughts away, Alessandria wandered over to Hellen's desk, her feet tapping gently on the floor, and she started to flick through the files.
Although, the concerning thing was each file she moved kicked up the smell of damp orange and lemon from Hellen's tea. Making Alessandria concerned that Hellen had spilt her drink on them. Where the files ruined?
She really didn't want to find out so Alessandria rushed back over to her desk and looked at the small clock she had on there. As she looked at the time, her stomach knotted at the thought of Nemesio being gone for over an hour. What if the contact he was seeing had hurt him?
Whilst her feelings were mixed towards him with flashes of affection washing over her from time to time. She still didn't want anything bad to happen to him. Or at least too bad after what he caused Daniel to go through.
After a few moments, Nemesio walked into the office wearing his blue and fiery red armour. He smiled at her.
“I take it things didn’t go perfectly with your contact?”
“They went just fine,”
“Did he give us anything useful?”
Nemesio shrugged and took a few steps closer to Alessandria.
“I’m not sure, but what do we know about these assassins?”
Alessandria stepped away from Nemesio and paced around in the office.
“We know they were in the crowd. They would have had to pass at least five checkpoints,”
“Really?”
“Well Nemesio that’s if we presume, they sneaked in as guests,”
“Unlikely, the guests had to be searched by Order of the Queen. Only people she personally invited didn’t have to be searched. Like us and Daniel,”
“What about Hellen and the other security people?”
“As far as I know they weren’t searched or checked,”
“Who appoints?” Alessandria asked.
“Ares was in charge of security, so it had to be him,”
