Chapter Nineteen
DIMITRI RAKED AROUND the graves of Neal Porter and Tina Barrett, cleaning away the broken branches and loose twigs. He had made maintaining their graves his task since Bane Kastner killed them over two years ago. He felt he owed it to them for not being strong enough to protect them. It took a year, but in the end, he found justice for them, scattering Bane’s ashes along the gravel road so that the residents of Bull Creek could drive over him daily. Petty, perhaps, but it gave Dimitri a sense of accomplishment.
“This is something I didn’t expect to see.”
Dimitri paused from his raking, glancing up as Bernie Tucker entered the small cemetery. “What’s that?”
“Well, aren’t you like the mayor of this place?” Bernie asked. “What do you call it? Alpha?” He carried flowers, m
