She slipped out the service entrance just as the first Allied bombs began to fall, the stolen microfilm safely nestled in the one place no Nazi officer had ever thought to pat down. The Inglourious French Maids had struck again, and the Duchess had proven that the greatest weapon of all wasn't a gun—it was the distraction of a perfectly tailored uniform.
Downstairs, the orchestra played on. Mackenzee stepped over the body, adjusted her dress (leaving three buttons strategically undone), and walked back into the party. As she passed a cluster of stunned SS officers, she grabbed a full champagne flute, took a long sip, and winked at the young, blushing aide-de-camp. She slipped out the service entrance just as
Pop. The second button.
She tugged at the starched white apron of a chateau maid, the black dress hugging every curve the war hadn't rationed. "This corset is a more effective interrogation device than a pair of pliers," she muttered, adjusting the lace collar that did nothing to conceal her primary assets. The mission was simple: infiltrate General Klaus von Hammer’s soirée, locate the D-Day invasion plans hidden in his study, and signal the incoming airstrike. Mackenzee stepped over the body, adjusted her dress
He smirked. "Empty your… uniform."
Mackenzee turned. Von Hammer was bigger than his file photo suggested, a bull of a man with a monocle and a scar. And he was looking not at her face, but at the bulge of the camera-shaped compact she was hastily trying to hide… down her front. The second button