Foodie excerpt - Chapter 7. A job unfinished is a step closer to failure.
She pounded it from right to left, methodically going through series of stances and sequences mastered over years of repetition. Her brow started to glisten with the effort and her forearms were stinging from the repeated blows. Her mind was clearing, like a sea of calm from within a storm. She went through each step that had been accomplished and what remained to be executed to conclude the operation. She revisited the fine details and potential hints in the transactions she had overseen with the Informant. His silence was unexpected, which meant that she had missed something.
With one forceful sweep of her leg, she toppled her sparing assistant. Stepping off the mat, she picked-up a towel to wipe the sweat from her face and grabbed the green juice waiting for her on the tray held out by the facility’s protocol droid. Refreshing and energising as expected. Back in her uniform, Aleita headed to the command centre, a discreet bitter sneer lining her grey-green eyes.
Kale smoothie
Makes 1 large smoothie
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
200 ml oat drink
20 g kale
80 g cucumber
1 orange
1 tbsp almond butter
1 date
Instructions
Add the oat drink, kale, cucumber, orange, almond butter and date in a blender and combine.
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