Saturday's Title
Shadow
Chaser
K.
J. Dahlen
kjdahlen1@yahoo.com
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When serial killer, Aaron Chrispen comes back to
Angel City, it's to claim the only victim in eleven years to get away, Hannah
Masters, and for revenge on the police officers, Jesse Wyatt and Sam Dylan,
that almost ended his life. When Jesse tells Hannah that the killer is back
Hannah is plunged into a nightmare she thought was over.
FBI agent Eli Stone has been after this killer for
eleven years and joins Jesse in the hunt. In the final showdown between Aaron,
Jesse and Eli only one will die, but which one will it be?
EXCERPT
He
had learned to be patient, very patient. Over the years he had discovered that
anything worth having was indeed worth waiting for, and he really wanted this.
He had wanted this for five very long years. He had come back to this small
Wisconsin town for a purpose and soon he would get back what he lost but he had
to wait a little longer. He had to wait until he had all the players playing
his game.
He
sat back against the wall of the shop and waited. The ground he sat on was hard
and dry, but he didn’t seem to notice. He had long ago trained his mind to
overcome certain situations. Everyone had been fooled by his resolve. They
claimed his debt to society had long been paid, and he was a free man but he’d
fooled them all. Oh, his debt was paid; he spent the better part of his youth
in a hospital for the criminally insane, but he learned to play the game they
wanted him to, and he fooled everyone when he made his escape.
For
the past eleven years, he had lived the life he wanted. Traveling from place to
place, outwitting everyone. He was doing what he wanted to do. That what he did
was against the laws of God and man was beside the point. He had long ago
stopped caring to please anyone but himself.
He
had been sitting here since early morning; hidden by the bushes in front of
him, he could see the daily life of the ordinary people all around him. It was
late afternoon. Soon the same people he’d seen this morning rushing off to
start their day would be hurrying home from work and school to have supper and
go about their lives. He could see it all playing out in front of him. Kids
would be outside playing and laughing while their parents were taking care of
business inside. Then one by one each family would retreat inside for their
tedious evening ritual.
Daylight
would fade into darkness and the laughter and other everyday sounds would
settle into quiet. The empty streets would fall into shadows and finally the
quiet would be swallowed by the night. His mind’s ramblings could have been a
scene from a bad movie, something so old it was shown in black and white. He
chuckled silently and wondered why people really lived this way. Didn’t they
have any fun any more? Where was the excitement?
He
sat unnoticed as daylight faded. He had been in town for fourteen days, and no
one knew he was here, and that fact suited him fine. The streetlights began
casting shadows all around him and he welcomed them. The shadows comforted him
like a blanket comforts a child. He felt safe.
This
was his time of night. He loved it. He could be either a saint or a sinner and
while he preferred to be a sinner, he could become whoever and whatever he
wanted. He could move anywhere and no one would see him among the shadows. He
felt himself come alive. His primary senses sharpened and his lackadaisical
attitude disappeared. He walked freely during the day but preferred to conserve
his energy because at night he came alive, at night like the mighty lions of
Africa, he hunted and his quarry didn’t escape death.
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