We sat there for a moment. I wasn't sure how to feel that he was so glad to see me. At the beginning of my escape from my family, I headed in this direction, but Gunner wasn't the chief of police here. He had worked with Dad in a handful of cases, he was good, but Dad had also said he was the most soft-hearted slayer he had ever seen. He had manners. He spoke to Mom and I with respect when he came around our home. I had once heard his story and it was the saddest I'd ever heard. He had a family once; a wife and two daughters. Armando said the man had been head over heels in love with his wife, and cherished his daughters. Unfortunately, in this job, work would tend to find you. They massacred his family in front of him, which made this moment even more ironic. Because witches were the on

