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98 pages, ebook
First published March 18, 2021
“Love is a beautiful thing. Is it not, Inspector?”
"The scene at the front door was seared into Khlid's mind: a child, hanging by a chain from the second story window, his swollen, bloody face confronting her as she approached the manor."
"Did we find what was missing of the boy?"
Rollins inhaled slowly before responding. 'No, ma'am.'"
"The land itself seemed to hold its breath, as if haunted by the events of the night before."
"Disobeying an officer of God during a raid was punishable by death."
"One daughter and one-umm..." [Pg 5]
"Which means..." [Pg 6]
"Smashed into the club, so we have..." [Pg 6]
"Officer..." [Pg 7]
"Six in total, but the family was killed... differently." [Pg 10]
"Oh..." [Pg 12]
"Yes..." [Pg 25]
"Khlid had to process what he said, then burst out laughing." [Pg 13]
"Khlid, in the middle of a drag, coughed up with laughter." [Pg 14]
"He turned back to his unwanted partners, whispering in a hiss, "I had it!'" [Pg 30]
"Samuel hissed back," [Pg 30]
"... it emitted a guttural hiss." [Pg 31]
"The damn thing had become as natural as walking" [Pg 5]
"Damn it." [Pg 6]
"As she began to seriously consider drawing the sidearm, the officer returned with a pair of cutters.
'Thank you, dear.'" [Pg 6]
"That was the dammed irony; when these two worked together, the results were amazing."
"Love is a beautiful thing. Is it not, Inspector?"
Now, children didn’t grow up wishing to be soldiers, but officers… Since their founding, The Capitol Police had been a force for good in the community. Those who had been among the first to join were all heralded as local heroes.
In a pinch, police could usually count on help from armed bystanders…
Disobeying an officer of God during a raid was punishable by death. Khlid pulled her trigger.
“You just got into an argument with the Fist?”
“More like performed a soliloquy for them.”