Chapter 14 - Some Like to be Greedy

Axel

Lieutenant Rayna Chase. Or simply Rayna Chase.

Her name echoed in my head repeatedly after I read her impressive biography and credentials neatly prepared inside a folder. My secretary, Mrs. Mayfield, compiled all of this when I asked her to do so the moment I heard this name mentioned by the general. She also attached a black and white wallet-sized picture of her in military uniform, and since then, I kept staring at this picture. I couldn't quite describe it, but there was something about this woman I simply couldn't resist.

Maybe it was the way she confidently looked at the camera when this picture was taken. Her beautiful eyes seemed to look straight to me as if she already chained my soul.

Or maybe it was the unhindered view of her neck. She had her hair done in a bun exactly like those military women would, showing the slenderness of her neck with which I craved to mark.

Or maybe it was her ov