sting the pen straight t

ng, the thing that terrified Kacey most wasn��t the act that Faulkner was committing, it

f-defense classes had resulted in keen reflexes. The rules that she had learned in those training sessions had become muscle memory.

uted another rule, ��two on one����by grasping the wrist o

ist across, then yanked it out and down, bending her knees, taking on the old man��s weight. She then straightened her legs and continued the momentum of the arm, tossing Faulkner in

man��s left hand away, and dropped three vicious elbows�� aiming for his chin, but the first one missed and struck his nose instead. There was

and looked up to see the secretary peeking in. When the woman��s gaze land

rything is definitely

at her hea

Whenever she had closed her eyes, Faulkner��s eyes were waiti

g her dog, she imagined the woman��s face going blank, imagined her saying ��I am chosen�� as she dropped the le

ch drivers passing in the opposing lane mouthed the words ��I

osen killings. Anyone was capable

e��s office she had angled her chair

e got t

ice actually looked used. Papers sat in disarray on the desk, wires and c

as he closed the door, walked around his desk and sat at the edge of his chair, elbows o

getting my referral any ti

tigation of the doctor. They��ll give me their findi

rnal investigation cleared you of any wrongdoing in the Crowe shooting, and the Chief agreed th

onna give me the all-clear. Right before he tr

back on duty. With one cavea

hat

�t know, such as: did Crowe plant some kind of hypnotic suggestion on Faulkner, or was Crowe working with someone wh

ers dropped in

oll

be kidding me. The guy��s a dinosau

have put you with Hanson,��

acey had dated for almost five months,

�� Bryce yelled. Garth, a uniformed officer, poked his head in. ��Sorry to bug y

our dead

continued anyway. ��Yeah, uh�� We got a call from