CHAPTER SIXTY ONE – SPOT THE INNER CIRCLE

"Did you two really think I wouldn't have prepared contingencies for any response to our little Reveal tonight?" She smirked at the disgruntled, furious looks on Sonia and Jasmine's faces as the pinned officers' weapons were swiftly confiscated. "Layers upon layers of countermeasures in place because, well...I do so hate tempting chaos before I'm quite ready to properly unleash it!" Jasmine watched in stunned, muted horror as Martha strode calmly over to Sonia's prone, cuffed form and hauled her up by a vice-like fistful of her hair until their faces were mere inches apart. "You had best take care to not forget this lesson too readily, dear detective," her erstwhile ally all but purred into Sonia's grimacing features. "Your tireless campaign of self-righteousness did finally manage to scratch away a glimpse of the truth - but your precious 'justice' remains a gnat at best when pitted against the true ascendant powers we serve." "You're both raving lunatics!" Sonia spat, defiant