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Collins gaped "Excuse me?"

And this here he would learn that Sa, I folded my arms over my chest and watched my mate at work

"I have witnesses to attest to the fact that Miss Montana dresses inappropriately, spendshours at the pool – oh and I have photographic evidence to support this, should you wish to see it – and persistently makes inappropriate comments to Jared Had she been a male and Jared been a woman in that situation, it would most likely be classed as sexual harassment Worse, Jared is Bound to another That bond is considered very sacred, is it not? She shows no respect for it, which is a very serious thing, as you are both fully aware"

Pausing, she shot Eloise a withering look that actuallyher attention back to Collins, Saone to war in the past in order to protect such a bond It is instinctive for us to vigorously defend it, even if violentthis, she behaves inappropriately, which puts both of you in danger – it can certainly be counted as reckless as We all kno you feel about recklessness, Mr Collins She also invaded my home on one occasion, which is not at all tolerable And let’s not forget that she’s been sleeping with souards when she is here to work All of that, I think you will agree, is totally unprofessional behaviour"

Collins just stood, du her for the first time I noticed that Antonio and Luther were as equally a at Salimmered with a athered himself "W-well your colowering at him "But I must point out that these only apply to Eloise" It was typical that the sli his own skin, happy to hand his colleague out to dry

Saot a nuainst you"

His expression turned wary It definitely should "I know that you have felt shadowed, Commander Parker, but protocol states that I stay here as an observer"

"But botheringthe to see their personal files isn’t protocol either You also publically revealed the identity of the co to you, they wished to reainst protocol, it placed theer – after all, the rest of the squad would not have reacted well to such betrayal, had they believed any betrayal had taken place As it turned out, you purposely accused the wrong person; that, in and of itself, is appalling And let’s not also forget that you interrupted a training session by participating"

His face flushed with outrage I half-expected him to stomp his foot "You invited me to participate!"

"But you’re here in a professional capacity, Mr Collins You should have declined As you have repeatedly stated, protocol says that you stay here as an observer There’s also the fact that you persistently ask s for you That interrupts his work and, therefore, interferes with the quality of it You’re also very rude to the Heir – again, many witnesses can attest to this As if all that isn’t bad enough" – she took a step closer to hi with an old consort of Jared’s"

The others all gasped in shock I’d been a little surprised rinned "Yes, Daniela told me all about this very unprofessional behaviour Unlike Joy, she’s not jealous of my relationship with Jared, and she’s loyal to the people in The Hollow You ask her a lot of questions about Jared, don’t you? Personal questions related to his past, his behaviour throughout the years, his relationship withher to get information No woman likes to be used, Mr Collins So you can bet your arse that any answer she gave you was a load of shite"

Purple – that was the only word to describe how he looked right then "I have no interest in Commander Michaels"

"No, you have interest in the position of Heir And he has that And you just hate hi that you can use to ainst hi that could cause hiaze drilling into hi breath "What is it you want?"

Saain?"

"What is it you want from me? You wantto bribelook "Tut, tut, tut This just keeps getting worse, doesn’t it? No, I’le your way out of this My co shadowed on your next case, right? Then you’ll know exactly how it’s felt for aped at her, she cocked her head "Didn’t anyone ever eful streak to you? I’m a believer in tit for tat"

Proud of her, I came up behind Sa her collarbone "In other words, Collins…you’re fked" The Prelature took coainst its representatives very seriously I wouldn’t be surprised if Sa was for sure: his report wouldn’t be recognised as well-founded In fact, particularly given the testiainst Saroundless and then instantly disarded Sam "I underestimated you" She just smiled

"It happens a lot," I told hience They’re always sorry for it"

"Jared’s good at sussing out a person’s weaknesses," said Sahtly pointed out yours You both thought you were immune to authority, untouchable And you went on a power trip Wrong move You basically set your own trap" And rather than constantly rise to their taunting behaviour over the past feeeks, she sat back and allowed the that trap