02-07-2018, 04:43 PM
Pop wouldn't meet his eye. That was not what scared him. Well, only partly. The sheer magnitude of what he described.
He had never heard anything- not a peep- about something like this. What he was describing....he leaned forward, put his hand to his forehead, trying to press everything in. "Are these police, pops? This is ALL police? And judges and....and DA's and guards- and all the rest? Is that what you are saying?"
The very idea made him sick. Not just the very violation what they stood for. What the job was.
But what could they do about it? How high did this go? City council? Privileges? Consuls? Did the Ascendancy know?
Have I pledged my loyalty to a man who knowingly has allowed this? He saw his parents, his brother and sisters, the guns to their heads, the screams, the fear.
What have I done?
The fear was there. But something new burned. Anger. Betrayal.
He had never heard anything- not a peep- about something like this. What he was describing....he leaned forward, put his hand to his forehead, trying to press everything in. "Are these police, pops? This is ALL police? And judges and....and DA's and guards- and all the rest? Is that what you are saying?"
The very idea made him sick. Not just the very violation what they stood for. What the job was.
But what could they do about it? How high did this go? City council? Privileges? Consuls? Did the Ascendancy know?
Have I pledged my loyalty to a man who knowingly has allowed this? He saw his parents, his brother and sisters, the guns to their heads, the screams, the fear.
What have I done?
The fear was there. But something new burned. Anger. Betrayal.