Closing In

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Chapter 29:  Closing In   ALPHA ROMAN    Leaning against the thick dark mahogany desk in the dimmest of lights, I peered out over the vast hills that have been in my family for generations.  Land that was now blanketed in darkness with only the moon to shed any light upon its surface.  Dense fog blurred the hilltops in shades of light and dark grey as the black of night rejuvenated my senses, providing me a moment of contemplation and contentment.  I lived for the night as it provided me peace and inspired tranquility, just as the worn gold pocket watch with dried blood still clinging within the etched edges—our symbol in the middle of a piercing gazed wolf of terror—gave me inspirational drive to complete the mission and life my father was robbed of by The Council.  The watch that wa

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