Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 15
"I'm fine!" I yelled at the crowd of men assembled in the infirmary. Martin had asked about his welfare as soon as he, Tom and Kevin, were in the office, Colby had been next, then Fred, Frank, even the capybara had joined in and by the time Tom had...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 14
"What do we have?" Zee asked the officer by the door. The street was filled with cars, reporters and gawkers. Fortunately, everyone outside was behaving. "Chaos," the young weasel replied, "unadulterated chaos." He was a police officer and looked...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 13
What happened? I tried to ask, but all that came out was a grumbling. Something was wrong with my brain. My head hurt. There was also something wrong with gravity, it wasn't pulling in the right direction. The light was also gone. I tried to piece what...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 12
"No, fuck off Tom," I threw at him as he followed me to the company's entryway. "Brislow, you can't just do out with protection. It's a dangerous world out there for you." I tried the slam the door in his face, and he grinned as the spring...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 11
The neighborhood was peaceful. The perfect place for the man he was looking for to hide in. Although, Damian thought, he probably didn't see it as hiding. But who among the people in this residential area knew who he is, or that he even lived here? The...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 10
I woke with a start and immediately moved to get out of bed. "Where are you going?" Martin mumbled, grabbing my arm. "Eddy needs me," I replied, a clear memory of hearing him cry. "He's find Dent, lie back down." Martin yawned and pulled...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 09
I tried to look casual, like going there wasn't the most important thing in my life, but I got looks from the nurses and doctors as I hurried. I was halfway to the glass before I recognized the german Sheppard looking in at the baby and froze. If...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 08
The knock made me push the fur out of my eyes and look out the shower. "There's a guy here to see you." William stood in the open doorway. "Said his name is Mister Orr." I tilted an ear. I didn't know any of Arnold's brother well enough to...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 41
A hand grabbed my collar and pulled me back as the gunfire erupted around me. I felt the pain in my side as a bullet hits and then my back hurts from being slammed into the wall. "Don't police know better than to run blindly into the enemy in your...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 40
When he was a young man, Damian despised chaos. When he'd set out to kill every member of the Rasia family, he's done so in a controlled manner. Taking each one out himself in a precise, untraceable way. Now that he was older, after many decades...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 39
The moan escaped my lips as I felt the man fucking me cum. "He's finally waking up," someone said. "So if I suck him off, is that going to drain him?" The man on top of me panted, resting more of his weight on me. "You can't drain...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 38
"Maybe you went overboard?" I asked looking at what had been a white floor. Now it was covered with phrases of a complexity I'd only seen in Max's home. His house's protection was powered by magic and the phrases there did the job of soaking up some of...