Scales of Justice (Steel Dragon Book 2) by Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle

Author:Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle [McLaughlin, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The next few days at work would have been relaxing if Kristen worked for anyone but Drew. There were no major incidents and no more of the odd baiting from the specters who’d attacked the station. None of the detectives were able to learn a damn thing about the hostiles who’d come in and attacked, though. They’d escaped in a car that had been found abandoned an hour later with no prints, no DNA, and no clues at all.

She would have worried over their escape if she hadn’t been so certain they’d attack again. All she had to do was wait and they’d target her once more. The thought made her both giddy and terrified.

The team leader used the opportunity to push them hard during training and obviously relished having Washington as a new recruit and Kristen working at being human again.

In an effort to adhere to the commitment she’d made to him, she kept her reservations to herself. She understood where Drew was coming from. He simply didn’t understand the extent of her powers, and—if Dragon SWAT was honest—she wouldn’t be with them forever. And yet, after meeting with Shadowstorm for another session, the training felt stifling. It was more like the team was adjusting to being themselves again and how to behave without a dragon on the team—which was a total waste of time, in her opinion.

While she didn’t know how long she’d be on SWAT, if they used her abilities—really used them—they could actually effect real change in the city.

They finished practicing non-lethal, hand-to-hand takedowns and Drew told everyone to hit the showers. She smiled as she turned the hot water on. Shadowstorm and her had been practicing the same kind of fighting, and he was a much tougher opponent. Working with regular humans was more of a challenge in control than it was in learning the skills.

After training with the much more powerful dragon, she fully understood that she could quite easily defeat any human in hand-to-hand combat, even without her steel skin. While she’d seen glimpses of it before, it had never really settled in as a certainty. She was much faster than a regular person and strong enough to crack bones with her bare hands.

Still, she decided to not tell her team these tidbits. As little as she liked to admit it, Shadowstorm was right. She was different than a regular person and she could see the wisdom of keeping some of these differences a secret, especially when her boss was so determined that she act human while at work.

Kristen finished her shower, dressed in her regular clothes, and went to join everyone in the lounge. There was a heated debate going on about what to do for after-work relaxation.

“I’m telling you, the finest hot wings you’ve ever tasted this far north.” Butters stood with his feet apart and pontificated to the room at large.

“Hear, hear,” the Rookie shouted. “Happy hour with beer and hot wings.”

“We can do that later,” Hernandez argued. “I’ll spring for the fifty cents you’re saving per beer if we do airsoft first.

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