I should have been prepared. I should have expected things to go south, yet, when I find Persephone on the floor, in the middle of the nursery, my heart skips a beat and fills with that disgusting sense of doom and resentment. I had been clear when I told her to duck under the table! I could have protected her! I could have-
It didn’t matter… I cross the room in a few rushed steps and kneel beside her. There is a scratch on the side of her head, bleeding lightly, and she is out cold. She was clearly hit from the side, and whoever did it, make sure to scram before it was not too late. They knew I was coming…
“There is no sign of anyone present in the building, boss.” A voice fills the silence that has swallowed the room and I nod abruptly as I scoop the woman into my arms.
Oh, how I miss
