Darkness Remains: Sequel to Darkness Falls by K.C. Luck

Author:K.C. Luck [Luck, K.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: series, Romance Suspense
Publisher: KC Luck
Published: 2018-09-10T23:00:00+00:00

WHEN THE THREE OF THEM walked into the courthouse to go see the councilman, and the now acting mayor, Greg Orion, they were met with a hall full of upset people. “Whoa,” Jackie heard Lexi say under her breath. “What the hell is this?” Jackie wondered too, especially when all eyes turned on them when they pushed through the doors into the dark corridor. With almost no windows, the space was poorly lit with only a little daylight. She stopped at the first woman she came too and touched her arm.

“Excuse me, but what is going on?” Jackie asked her, and the woman with a toddler hanging off her leg looked at her. There were dark black circles under her eyes, and she looked haggard. She looks hungry, Jackie realized and glanced at the little girl. And she doesn’t look much better.

“We’re waiting to see the mayor,” she said. “But he won’t come out.”

“Yeah, that chickenshit liar is hiding inside the mayor’s office,” a man further down the hall spat out. “Won’t face us.” A bunch of the others in the space mumbled their agreement.

“You're all waiting for the mayor?” Taylor asked, and Jackie watched everyone nod.

“Why?” she asked not understanding the point. It was true Taylor had business with the man over her sudden promotion to head of the police department. Which is insane, she thought. Jackie could not decide if she was happy or pissed about Taylor's decision to take over. There was a void to fill, that was clear. But is Taylor the person I want taking the job? It was not a matter of the woman being able to handle the task. Jackie was confident things were about to be whipped into shape on the law enforcement front, but Taylor had taken on a massive responsibility without talking to any of the others about it. She just was not sure how much the change would impact everything. And also, how it will affect us. When a large man came stomping toward her from the rear of the pack, Jackie was snapped back to the moment at hand.

“You’re asking why?” he asked in a surprisingly high-pitched voice. Taylor slipped slightly in front of Jackie to bar the man's progress, and he looked her up and down. Apparently, something in Taylor's eyes made him pull up short, and he turned his focus back to Jackie.

“Let me tell you why,” he said. “Because we're all hungry. And thirsty. People keep having their cars and houses broken into by a group of assholes who think they're some sort of gang now.” There were more rumbles of support from the rest of the people in the hall. Jackie could tell everyone was on edge and she could understand why Greg was hiding in his office. In fact, it seemed like a good time for them to go too. She had worked with enough hostile clients and customers over her years in business to know when to exit an area.

“Wait a minute,” another man close by said.

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