Victoria didn't answer immediately.
Instead, she looked at the item in his hand.
“You wanted to know what was in my pocket.”
The officer swallowed.
“Where did you get this?”
Victoria remained silent.
The second officer stepped closer to his partner and examined the object.
His expression changed instantly.
“Put the cuffs away.”
The first officer looked at him.
“What?”
“Take the cuffs off.”
Victoria heard the words.
But she didn't smile.
She didn't celebrate.
She simply stood there.
The officers suddenly seemed to realize that the situation was no longer under their control.
What they had treated as an ordinary roadside encounter had potentially become something much bigger.
And the mysterious object in Victoria's pocket was only the beginning.
The Secret Victoria Had Been Carrying
The object wasn't valuable because of its size.
It wasn't something that looked threatening.
Its significance came from what it represented.
Victoria had deliberately kept it in her pocket because she knew there might come a moment when she needed to prove exactly who she was—and exactly what authority she possessed.
