Vajragarbha, Shared region Kirkuk
Lachit Borphukan stood in front of a group of fifteen high-ranking officers in the alliance army, lowering his head and skimming through various documents. Among the officers was a woman who was drawing sneaky peeks from the men around her, which was rare since most men in the room, being high-ranking generals, were normally very disciplined and did not take their eyes off their superiors. But it was a special occasion.
Most of the men knew each other, but this was the first time they were seeing her—the woman known as the "Persian Shadow," the hidden ruler of the alliance intelligence. All of them had heard rumours about her, but this was the first time they had seen the person in the flesh. The only ones not affected by her presence were Kaveh Atashban and Ezidi Serwan, who were not just officers but royalty.
