An Understated Dominance (Maria Vittori) novel Chapter 1952

This was, without a doubt, very bad news.

""Ms. Linsor! What happened? Where did the desert rats come from?" Garret asked as he walked toward her.

"Captain Wilder, shouldn't I be the one asking that question?"

Grace said indifferently, "You've been to Deadlands many times and are very familiar with this place. You even chose this place for us to set up camp.

"Don't you know that there would be desert rats around this area?"

"Ms. Linsor, I had no idea this would happen."

Garett quickly explained, "Normally, desert rats will only appear at the border of the oasis, and even then, they are only active in a specific area.

"The place that we chose to set up camp is not in that area. The invasion shouldn't have happened."

"Ms. Linsor, accidents are inevitable. Once we're in Deadlands, you should have prepared yourself for all scenarios. Our captain has done his best. No one knew that there'd be desert rats here.

"If you want to blame anyone, you should blame your subordinates for not guarding the food supplies well." The short-haired girl from the Black Scorpion Squad spoke up.

"That's right!" The bald guy agreed and continued, "Your subordinates were responsible for looking after the food supplies. Don't blame us when there's an accident!"

"Mr. Will, who was responsible for guarding the food supplies? Get all of them here," Grace said coldly.

"Right away!" Osley answered and left quickly.

After a few moments, he came back with a few others from the team and reported, "Ms. Linsor, these are the five who were on night guard duty."

"What happened? Why didn't you realize the problem in time?" Grace sounded very calm but cold.