Julia Weatherton interrogates a corrupt ambassador and learns about an illegal shipment linked to a powerful aristocrat, who is close to the Supreme Queen. After he cracks jokes about their assignment, Luke Stoneflex silences his new partner's frustration with him by clearly stating his attitude towards her. Viara Sables becomes a little more comfortable with her new bodyguard, before she meets with a powerful aristocrat and is offered an unexpected proposition. Evil is at work within the Central Union and it is secretly weaving a sinister plot against the Royal Crown.
