Identity: Chapter Five
CHAPTER FIVE NED Ned was about five minutes from the station when his phone started buzzing. "Yes?" he answered tensely, keeping his eyes on the road as he held the phone to his ear. The caller ID said _Scarlett_, which meant that something was...
Identity: Chapter Four
CHAPTER FOUR NED After the excitement of the day Ned met Garrett, what with the Fincher homicide and all, the next day was decidedly dull. Nothing had been turned up about the murder, and Carlos Sanchez was a virtual recluse, refusing to speak with...
Identity: Chapter Three
CHAPTER THREE NED Lennox listened carefully while Ned and Scarlett transcribed the details of Conrad Fincher's death, her black-tipped grey ears swung forward attentively. "Very well then" she ran a paw over her mane, which was tied back...
Identity: Chapter Two
CHAPTER TWO MIKEY Mikey breathed calmly as he took another bite of the cherry-flavoured shave ice he'd purchased at a little corner stand several blocks outside the borders of the Sullivan Heights community. Getting in hadn't been hard. The whole...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Nine
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE NED Birdsongs were coming through the open window when Ned awoke, along with the scent of columbines and hibiscus. He blinked, stirring among the sheets...and became aware that he was not alone. A sandy-furred coyote lay next to...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Eight
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT MIKEY The white Prius was a gift from Joey's grandmother. She'd died two years earlier, and the car had been sitting unused in a car lot since then, as Joey felt it was a yuppie car more suited for suburban families than for a...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Seven
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN NED "I hope I don't need to stress the importance of findin' this Prophet bastard, and soon" said Captain Williston. The division was gathered once again in the conference room, while the big Doberman paced in front of the...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Six
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX MIKEY Mikey awoke with a shriek, panting madly, fur on end, eyes bulging. Gasping for breath, he gripped the sheets so tightly he thought he'd rip holes in them, sitting up straight in bed so he could stare into the darkness,...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Five
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE NED Almost as one, there was a collective gasp from the audience. Ned felt his jaw fall down in shock. The screen was supposed to have shown something to do with SF Metro's distinguished history, but instead, it showed a clear...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Four
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR NED "You have not yet had me arrested" the wolf observed, calmly. They were moving slowly with the other dancers, now, and Ned found to his annoyance that she seemed to know the dance better than he did. He had never counted...
Identity: Chapter Twenty-Three
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE NED The crowd couldn't seem to tear its eyes from them. Garrett was looking superb in a spendy black tux, his fur glistening in the entrance light so that Ned wondered how people could ever say that coyotes had a dull fur...
Identity: Chapter Thirty-Five
CHAPTER THIRY-FIVE NED The moment the badger family disappeared from view, both of the TV announcers started talking at once, tripping over each other in their haste to explain what had just happened. Ned's focus had already left the television...