Legon Restoration

by Taylor, Nicholas

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  Alison Kaur walked the Mage out of the office before turning back to find Sean. She found him standing with the man who had blocked the Mage.

  “What was that?” she demanded.

  “What?” the officer asked.

  “Are you trying to get us a bad mark with the Pactum Guild?!” a different voice said.

  Alison turned to look at Steven Lee, the head of the crime lab.

  He went on, “What was your plan? Take a swing at a Mage? What would that do?”

  “I wasn’t gonna do nothin’, besides who cares if we get a bad mark with this guild of theirs?” the man said puffing up.

  “I do!” Sergeant Montoya’s voice rang. “Don’t be stupid here, people, Denver is one of three cities contracting with Mages on a regular basis. The Mayor’s office has made it clear we aren’t to screw this up! Now Hughes and Kaur get in here,” he said closing the subject.

  Alison walked into the Sergeant’s office with Sean in tow.

  “You’re going to have two Mages with you tomorrow and until you solve this case,” the Sergeant said.

  “Sir…” Sean started.

  “I don’t want to hear it Hughes, we don’t have a choice. I don’t like it either. Any questions?” he asked.

  “What is their role?” Alison asked.

  “They are here to protect you from other Vis users only; they won’t assist or get in your way. You don’t even have to talk to them if you don’t want to, got it?”

  “We are getting babysitters?” Sean asked.

  The Sergeant changed tack, sitting down and motioning for them to do the same before he spoke. “Look…I’ve talked to other departments with experience with Werewolves…and you two are my best people. This year Denver has already lost four people to Wolves alone. I’m not happy about the Mages being here, but I have to admit they could be handy to have around.”

  Sean calmed down. Alison knew that Sean was a bit of a hothead but he deeply respected the Sergeant as did she. “We won’t mess up sir,” she said.

  “Yeah I know. OK, what do you have so far?”

  Sean spoke, “One victim, a William Lanner, friends knew him as Billy. He was a white male in his early thirties. He was a CPA with a clean record, other than that we don’t know yet.”

  “The victim’s car was ransacked and the killing took place a block away, so I think it’s safe to assume this wasn’t a random act of violence,” Alison added.

  The Sergeant looked off into the distance. “No, it’s not. Let me know when the drug screen comes back. I want to know why a Wolf was after this guy and looking around in his car.”

  “What are you thinking, Sarge?” Sean asked.

  “Well, from what we know Werewolves don’t attack at random. For centuries Mages have kept them along with all the other magical races in check, but now that magic is in the open…and, I don’t know about you, but having a Werewolf as an enforcer sounds like a good plan to me.”

  “Right sir,” Alison said.

  They talked for a while longer before they were dismissed. Alison spent the rest of her day profiling William Lanner’s life.

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  Nicholas was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He didn't want to write until October of 2007. While he was driving around with a friend and said "hey, I wonder if I can write a book." So he thought he would try and write outline and see what happens.

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