The princess folded her arms, her eyes flashing fire. Mentally, Zad high-fived her. Perhaps the egghead princess had some backbone under all that highfaluting intelligence and cutesy bounce after all. “And who was responsible for listing that security team?”
“My office, Your Majesty.” For a moment Zad thought that was it, that the princess had him bang to rights, but the general just shrugged and smiled apologetically. “Unfortunately, there was a mistake in the admin department and your original, highly trained, kantar assault team was listed instead. By the time I was notified of the error it was too late. I rallied them and got here as quickly as I could.”
“Not quickly enough,” Red snarled, surging forward. Only Merry’s small hand on her arm stopped the bigger woman. “Your princess nea
