The deputy gave a surprised look and fell backwards, landing on his butt. Above him, Heather’s parents went after each other.“Oh, shit!” said Co...lter loudly and he jumped into the fray. Within minutes, as Lauren sheltered Heather, the two deputies had managed to handcuff both parents. Breathing rapidly, he stepped back and surveyed the scene, then reached up and activated his collar-mounted radio. “Dispatch, this is Coulter in Unit Fourteen at the scene of the domestic disturbance. We got us a. .. she felt certain that it would... God, it had to... !"That goddamned Morgan... he frightens me," the slight young man with the neatly trimmed red-beard said as he climbed into the car. He tossed his alert green-eyes on the uniformed deputy sheriff who slid beneath the wheel opposite him. "How the hell did he ever get to be Chief of Police in the burg?"Mark Blakely grinned, his greyish-eyes lighting in thought. "Politics, Steve, plain adulterated politics," the tall, chiseled- faced lawman. She didn't want her dress ruined by some skeleton's rusty sword. It was a good dress and she liked it.Having a meatshield was always better. It just made things go smoother.When they got to the altar, the sorceress was quick to read the ornated runes at the base of the sarcophagus and she couldn't help but smile. She recognised the symbol of the black-winged death. It is here, she though, and the promise of power made her nethers humid. Soon I will have a great dragon under my command, a true. “I doubt you know that much,” Bob laughed. “Let’s just say that you happened along just at the moment there was about to be a minor religious war break out between the local branch of the Society of Jesus and the Vatican. Not the first time the religious have been at odds with the hierarchy. These brothers have as much to lose as you have to gain.”“What else are they discussing in there?” I asked.“I think you’re about to find out,” Bob said as the door opened. We were ushered back inside as.