Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 24

Zikabar looked at the house from inside his car. This looked... gaudy. It was certain the realtor had called the design contemporary, when pushing it on the new owner, but really. One of the two balconies looked to be concrete and the other brick. He...

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Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 46

I slam the briefcase shut. Damian killed Marcus here? Under Raphael’s nose? How? The rat can be an idiot, but he’s run a security firm, he had to had ways to know what was going on in his hotel. Men follow Damian into the room, each in Gray church body...

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Finding the Line Draft 1 Epilogue

Epilogue The tiger sighed as he stepped out of the bathroom, towel around his neck. "You have no idea how refreshing it is to be back on top after all these years." His roughs we a bit long, marking him as being older than the tiger he was looking...

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Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 23

I had five Milton Farmer, two Milton F., and eight M. Farmer. Phone numbers hadn't been linked to address since I'd been a kid, so having the name and the number wasn't helpful in finding the Guy I was looking for. The one thing I did know was...

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Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 02

"Well, well, well," a red fox in a black suit said as Zikabar exited the car, "What's the Denver Bureau doing letting you out of their city limits? Don't they know that--" The mule deer running into him and wrapping his arms around the fox cut him off....

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Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 05

Denton woke up with a start. The dream was already fading, but it had unnerved him. "You okay?" The wolf next to him asked, then had a jaw breaking yawn. "Yeah, sorry if I woke you. Just a nightmare," Denton said. "No worries buddy. What...

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Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 18

Arnold wasn't into being worshiped, like his uncle Dietrich, I was the reason he'd never bothered getting his gift; Arnold didn't need the muscle mass, nor the desire to be adored that came with it. But as the owner of a men's club where sex with the...

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Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 36

We didn't run there. That place had a giant parking lot, at least a fourth of a mile deep. We might have attracted attention, if anyone was looking out way, but the houses all faced away from the building. The plywood covering the doors turned out...

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Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 34

"Son? What's going on?" my dad asked. I couldn't find my voice. "They burst in the house, forced us in a van and took us... I don't know where we are. Tim and Jen are trying to keep the little ones from being scared, but it isn't working. Me...

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Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 38

My family was leaving... without me. My dad had pushed me away, he'd struck me. He said he didn't want to ever see me again. How could he say such a think. How could it have happened? It hurt to watch them go. More than it had when Alice...

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Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 03

This was a bad idea. I thought as I opened the door. I knew it was a bad idea. I'd known the moment I parked and told myself I shouldn't be doing this. I just couldn't help myself. I sighed as the smell of cinnamon waifed over me. Maple,...

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Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 05

Something I didn't consider when deciding to become a private investigator, was how boring it could be at time. When i was a cop, there was always something to do, if I wasn't chasing down a lead, or a criminal, I was filling the paperwork. Now, I...

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