She strode through the Nexus courtyard, removed her Team Tessa pin with solemn grace, approached Maya — and without a word, burned it in her palm. The flames licked her wrist like a lover.
"I've been on the wrong side of brilliant women before," Cleopatra said, eyes smoldering. "It never ends well."
Tessa? She only laughed. "Respect."
But the real cold war was fought between two unlikely spies: Naomi and Elena.
Naomi had joined Team Maya, but only after Ere offered her a deal too good to refuse. Her role? Spy. Saboteur.
She called herself a "liaison," but her files told a darker story, color-coded and obsessive, lined her scrolls. Psychological profiles. Predicted breakpoints. Vulnerability indexes. Scarlett was her white whale. It was all comedic really so give Parker's slice of life more chaos and fun that they went all the way.
