Deputy Thomas is a rookie that just wants to survive his first year of being a deputy. What happens when the world falls apart and now he is having to not just survive but to help other survive. He is a savvy in the ways of the wild and knows how to survive in the mountains but he also like to be alone. What does he do when he comes upon a caravan of cars running from the chaos. Does he take the time to help or does he leave them alone and let them try to survive as he doesn't want to be responsible for anyone. When he meets the woman who is just as head strong as he is. Can he open his cold heart and care again or will he close it and let her go. Lisa has a dark secret and she is fleeing with it. She meets up with a group of people and joins their caravan trying to flee the chaos of towns. She knows what is going on and has the answers but those answers will bring chills to anyone who find out. If she can find the right people they might have a chance to survive. She then meets the one person who frustrates her more than anyone she has met but he can help her survive however he would throw her out if he knew the truth.
My alarm was going off and I hit it to make it go off. I am just coming off of working nights and have three months of day shift left of my first year of being a deputy sheriff. I can not believe I am almost done but as of today I am on my own. No more Field Training Officers sitting next to me. I have had some good ones and some bad ones but at least I am done with that. I was the oldest cadet that went through my academy class at 40. This is not my first career choice but so far it has been one of my favorite.
I got married right out of high school and was married to my best friend for 20 years where we fostered many kids but never had any of our own as she couldn't, but two years ago I watched her waste away in a hospital bed. But enough of these thoughts I jump out of bed and head for the shower.
After my shower I go through my routine of shaving, getting dressed and then putting my kevlar on then my uniform shirt on. I swing my duty belt in place and check my gear. I chamber a round into my Glock 22 and drop it into my holster. I draw my taser and test it, then replace it in its holster. Most of the deputies use the outer carriers but I don't, I just carry everything on my belt and I am called grandpa because that is how the old men do it. I just laugh it off as I know the deputies in my office have my back when it comes down to it. I feed my dog BO and head out the door. I climb in my patrol pickup and head towards the office. As I pull into the office, Sheriff Ross pulls in next to me.
"You're looking good this morning Deputy Thomas," Sheriff Ross tells me.
"Thank you sir, " I reply as I walk into the briefing room and shake hands with the other Deputies that are standing around.
"Go ahead and have a seat, I need to give some details about what is happening the next couple of days," The sheriff says as he walks to the front of the room before continuing, "As you know the local high school is going to be hosting a summer basketball tournament as it is nice up here in the mountains during the summer and they are bringing in some of the bigger city teams. If you have not signed to help cover the games do so and know that all overtime has already been approved. One other thing if you have not heard we will also be having some county commissioners that are wanting to ride along with deputies to see what y'all do. If dispatch tells you to come get one, COME GET THEM, am I clear."
Yes sirs could be heard around the room along with groaning. No one wanted to have a commissioner ride along but we would survive it. The sergeant gave me a couple of court summons, gave me a pep talk and I headed out the door. I was assigned to the southern part of the county and headed to my unit. As I climbed into it there was a knock on the window. I rolled it down to see the Sheriff standing there.
"Thomas I need you to hang out a minute and Commissioner Mary Walters is going to ride with you today." the sheriff tells me.
I can see other deputies laughing as they get in their units and take off. They must know what he is telling me and I can say nothing but yes sir. Commissioner Walters is the ball breaker who would like nothing better than to see the department fail and police funding get cut. She is old and grouchy and has an extreme dislike for anything law enforcement. I pull around to the front of the department and there she stands the wicked witch of the west.
I got out of my unit and walked around to open the door but Commissioner Walters already had it opened. She climbed in and wrote something down in her little book. I climbed back in and buckled myself up. The Commissioner just glared at me and wrote something down in the book. I introduced myself to her and offered her my hand but she just looked at me like I was below the scum on her shoes so I took my hand back and grabbed my radio.
"509 Dispatch, I will be 10-8, 10-12, one 10-41 for shift." I called out as I backed out of the parking spot. "10-4," dispatch responded. I pulled up my computer and glanced through calls as I started to drive. As we drove down through the county I pointed out different things and tried to have a conversation but she would just glare at me and write in her little book.
The morning went fast and there were a few normal calls but nothing out of the ordinary. As we got closer to lunch I asked her what she would like.
"Well who are you going to screw out of money today, deputy," She snaps at me, bringing me out of my thoughts.
"Excuse me, ma'am what are you talking about," I asked, kind of shocked.
"You deputies are all the same and use your badge to get some kind of discount from the hard working people of this county," she almost yells at me.
"Ma'am I can tell you that I do not take discounts, and most of the time I bring my lunch like what is in my lunch box right now, and for another thing," I can feel myself getting wound up but I no longer care. "I don't know what your problem is with us in law enforcement but we are not all crooks, we are not all in it for what we can get out of it, some of us actually joined so that we can help other so ma'am write down whatever you want to in that little book but do not judge me again without actually know me."
"Take me back to your office," She says quietly then turns to her phone.
Well shit this may be the last day for my job.
Trent just wants to be left alone, he doesn't want anyone, doesn't need anyone, and will not let another person into his heart. He is a dyeing breed, a cowboy to the very root of the meaning. His heart has enough grief in it and he has a dark secret that will go to the grave with him. Isabella or Izzy for short has always had everything she wanted, if it was a new phone, she got it, a new car no problem, however when her parents tell her it is time to grow up she starts hanging around with the wrong crowd. Then she is pulled in to a world that spells nothing but trouble for her and the baby she is now carrying. All she knows is she has to run but she can't go to the law as he has the law in his pocket. Taking backroads in order to stay away from cameras and the law she will meet the one person who could be her savior only thing is he is grumpy, grouchy and threatening to throw her to the wolves. Can she find a way in to his heart or will her troubles lead to a bigger disaster.
Skinwalkers have been part of the American southwest for many years. The stories that the natives tell about men walking in the skin of animals. Many brush them off as just stories but some times the stories come true. Micah has been sheltered all her life in the big city where her family has everything that she has ever needed. After being humiliated by her fiance sleeping with her sister the night before their wedding Micah decides to find a change of scenery and just starts driving. After striking an animal somewhere on a lonesome New Mexico highway Micah finds that she is stuck in a small town. As she begins to explore she begins to relize that not everything is what it seems and not only that she can not seem to get away from the local Sheriff whose eyes are like looking into two emeralds. Can the big city girl come to find small town living is more her style or will the secret behind the rural town be to much. Trenton Longbow Williams is a third generation lawman who had moved away from the small town in search of adventure. Known by the nickname of "Lobo" he is truely a lone wolf. Having just recently moved back home after his father was attacked and left crippled Trenton just want to be left alone. He is happy being a cop but when he meets the soft eyes of the big city girl will he control his animal inside him and will he finally embrace who he is in order to save not only his family but the town itself.
After living through a traumatic past and having worked to rebuild who he wanted to be Deputy Tomas thought that he had had found it with her. She had came into his life when he most needed it and had helped rebuild him. Then it all comes crashing down and as Deputy Tomas has to recover from injuries to both his body and to his heart. How would he react if he ever saw her again. Vanessa had always been in love with fairy tales and had always wanted to meet her prince charming. What she found was only frauds with one leaving her with her little boy that she loved with all her heart. While working at the rehab facility she met him, he was dark, grumpy and brooding but she found a way through all the tough exterior to the heart of Deputy Tomas. She had fallen for him until the day she was told to do something that would change their lives forever and could end up with her fairy tale coming to an unhappy ending. How would she react when she saw him again, would she be able to tell him the secret she is hiding?
Her fiance and her best friend worked together and set her up. She lost everything and died in the street. However, she was reborn. The moment she opened her eyes, her husband was trying to strangle her. Luckily, she survived that. She signed the divorce agreement without hesitation and was ready for her miserable life. To her surprise, her mother in this life left her a great deal of money. She turned the tables and avenged herself. Everything went well in her career and love when her ex-husband came to her.
To the public, she was the CEO's executive secretary. Behind closed doors, she was the wife he never officially acknowledged. Jenessa was elated when she learned that she was pregnant. But that joy was replaced with dread as her husband, Ryan, showered his affections on his first love. With a heavy heart, she chose to set him free and leave. When they met again, Ryan's attention was caught by Jenessa's protruding belly. "Whose child are you carrying?!" he demanded. But she only scoffed. "It's none of your business, my dear ex-husband!"
Joelle thought she could change Adrian's heart after three years of marriage, but she realized too late that it already belonged to another woman. "Give me a baby, and I'll set you free." The day Joelle went into labor, Adrian was traveling with his mistress on his private jet. "I don't care whom you love. My debt is paid. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other." Not long after Joelle left, Adrian found himself begging on his knees. "Please come back to me."
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?
Rejected by her mate, who had been her long-time crush, Jasmine felt utterly humiliated. Seeking solace, she headed to a party to drown her sorrows. But things took a turn for the worse when her friends issued a cruel dare: kiss a stranger or beg her mate for forgiveness. With no other choice, Jasmine approached a stranger and kissed him, thinking that would be the end of it. However, the stranger unexpectedly wrapped his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear, "You're mine!" He growled, his words sending shivers down her spine. And then, he offered her a solution that would change everything...
Ivy Rosalia Jones, a young and beautiful doctor working at a suburban hospital, is determined to marry a man she met through a blind date, even though he is paralyzed. Actually, the marriage was meant to be symbolic, with both of them intending not to interfere in each other's affairs after the wedding. However, Ivy never expected that she would end up marrying the most influential man in the world. Shawn Dyxon Tate, Ivy's husband, has no intention of letting his beautiful wife go. Once she entered his life, he made a decision to spoil her and gave her the world she never had.