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?
The day Raina gave birth should have been the happiest of her life. Instead, it became her worst nightmare. Moments after delivering their twins, Alexander shattered her heart-divorcing her and forcing her to sign away custody of their son, Liam. With nothing but betrayal and heartbreak to her name, Raina disappeared, raising their daughter, Ava, on her own.Years later, fate comes knocking when Liam falls gravely ill. Desperate to save his son, Alexander is forced to seek out the one person he once cast aside. Alexander finds himself face to face with the woman he underestimated, pleading for a second chance-not just for himself, but for their son. But Raina is no longer the same broken woman who once loved him.No longer the woman he left behind. She has carved out a new life-one built on strength, wealth, and a long-buried legacy she expected to uncover.Raina has spent years learning to live without him.The question is... Will she risk reopening old wounds to save the son she never got to love? or has Alexander lost her forever?
Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town’s richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. “Way to go, honey!”
On the day of their wedding anniversary, Joshua's mistress drugged Alicia, and she ended up in a stranger's bed. In one night, Alicia lost her innocence, while Joshua's mistress carried his child in her womb. Heartbroken and humiliated, Alicia demanded a divorce, but Joshua saw it as yet another tantrum. When they finally parted ways, she went on to become a renowned artist, sought out and admired by everyone. Consumed by regret, Joshua darkened her doorstep in hopes of reconciliation, only to find her in the arms of a powerful tycoon. "Say hello to your sister-in-law."
Kara Martin was known as Miss Perfect. She was a beauty with good personality and successful career. Unfortunately, her life changed at one night. She was accused of adultery, losing her job, and abandoned by her fiance. The arrogant man who slept with her did not want to take responsibility. He even threatened to kill her if they met again. What's worse, Kara was pregnant with twins and she chose to give birth to them. Four and a half years later, Kara returned to work at a large company. As the secretary, she would frequently face their notorious CEO. Kara thought it wouldn't be a problem, but as it turned out ... the CEO was the father of the twins!
"Miss Brown, I am the butler here at your service," the butler replied. "My master wants to buy the baby in your belly." "What?!" Does that mean the abortion didn't take place? Did they kidnap her from the operating table just to buy the baby? But why her? "You..." Alice was about to ask a question, but the man in front of her calmly continued, as if he had expected her question, "You're pregnant with his child, and he needs a child. That's all I can tell you." Alice was forced to sign a surrogacy contract and eight months later gave birth to two healthy babies. Fortunately, the man was unaware of her daughter's existence. It wasn't until five years later that fate brought them together again...
Iris grew from an orphaned child to the adopted daughter of the Stewart family at age ten, finding warmth in her nominal uncle Vincent's kindness. Seven years later, she became his secret lover. When Vincent's engagement was announced, gossip spread about the notorious playboy CEO finally settling down. But only Iris knew the extent of his cold, two-faced nature. Iris fell for Vincent and, through tears, begged, "Marry me," only to be met with his frosty refusal. Defeated, she accepted a lawyer's proposal, sparking public excitement. Then, on her wedding day, Vincent pleaded desperately, "Don't marry him…"