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Authors: Lilah Blake
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Chapter 1
Alexa was perched on the fire escape right beside the half-open window. It was a hot summer evening and the people inside the small apartment had left the window open in the hope of getting a small breeze. All it really did was give Alexa the opportunity to listen in.
The gun holstered at her side was digging into her hip from her crouched position. Her strawberry blonde hair was pulled back in a tight bun to prevent it getting in her line of sight. Alexa had always known that she wanted to be a police officer. The injustice she saw in the world was enough to make her want to become a superhero, and the closest she could come to that, in her mind, was a police officer. Maybe it was because of how pristine her childhood had been, that she was overly sensitive to the fact that so many had not had the same kind of life.
Now, she was perched outside the smoke-filled apartment, listening to the grunts and curses of a few dealers divvying up their profits. She was waiting for the signal from her partner that the bug she had planted had recorded enough incriminating information to go after the boss.
As she waited for the signal, she was treated to some very colorful language.
“Shit, this looks like the best take yet,” one of the men muttered.
“It's a good pull,” another nodded. “But, it could be better.”
“Better how?” a third dealer inquired.
“The Death Adders pull in the biggest bank from the jobs they do,” the second man replied. “I've never seen anyone make more than them.”
Alexa narrowed her eyes at the mention of the motorcycle gang they had been tracking for quite some time. They were the most successful gang in the area, and incredibly evasive.
Alexa had worked a few cases involving the members fr om the gang, and found they seemed to be impossible to crack. They would sit there with their mouths shut and not say a word, no matter how they were threatened or what evidence they had against them. It was as if their loyalty ran so deep there was nothing that anyone could do to crack it. That was the real point of this stake out. Sure, they would take down a few dealers with it, but what they really wanted was information on the Death Adders.
"Man, I'd kill to find out their secret," the third guy said with a shake of his head. "Could retire on it."
"Yeah well, you'd more likely get killed trying to find out," the second guy said. "They don't play any games, you know, they're out for blood if somebody even thinks about turning on them. I've seen them tear apart one of their own just for sniffing at a cop's ass, let alone even speaking."
The two other men grunted their approval and none of them knew what was coming to them. For a few more minutes, they could live in heaven, enjoying their riches and dreaming of what they would do with it. But soon, they would be in handcuffs or dead.
Alexa sighed as she glanced down at her radio to make sure it was on. She was tired of waiting, she was ready to take these fools down. They didn't have any real information about the gang, she could tell, and she wanted them out of the way so that they could focus on the bigger fish they needed to fry.
"All right, it's a go," her partner's voice sounded over the radio. Alexa counted to five, the seconds it would take for the other officers to get from the stairwell to the front door of the apartment, and then pushed the window the rest of the way open.
The pounding on the door had alerted the three men to the police being present, and they were scrambling in panic. Two of them were stuffing money into their pockets and down their shirts, while the third was grabbing a few bricks of heroin to smuggle out the window with him. None of them expected to confront Alexa as they lunged for their escape route.
"Shit!" the first man cursed when he saw Alexa waiting for him.
"Oh, it's just a lady cop," the second one said with a chuckle.
"Grab her, we can use her as a hostage," the third man
Alexa was perched on the fire escape right beside the half-open window. It was a hot summer evening and the people inside the small apartment had left the window open in the hope of getting a small breeze. All it really did was give Alexa the opportunity to listen in.
The gun holstered at her side was digging into her hip from her crouched position. Her strawberry blonde hair was pulled back in a tight bun to prevent it getting in her line of sight. Alexa had always known that she wanted to be a police officer. The injustice she saw in the world was enough to make her want to become a superhero, and the closest she could come to that, in her mind, was a police officer. Maybe it was because of how pristine her childhood had been, that she was overly sensitive to the fact that so many had not had the same kind of life.
Now, she was perched outside the smoke-filled apartment, listening to the grunts and curses of a few dealers divvying up their profits. She was waiting for the signal from her partner that the bug she had planted had recorded enough incriminating information to go after the boss.
As she waited for the signal, she was treated to some very colorful language.
“Shit, this looks like the best take yet,” one of the men muttered.
“It's a good pull,” another nodded. “But, it could be better.”
“Better how?” a third dealer inquired.
“The Death Adders pull in the biggest bank from the jobs they do,” the second man replied. “I've never seen anyone make more than them.”
Alexa narrowed her eyes at the mention of the motorcycle gang they had been tracking for quite some time. They were the most successful gang in the area, and incredibly evasive.
Alexa had worked a few cases involving the members fr om the gang, and found they seemed to be impossible to crack. They would sit there with their mouths shut and not say a word, no matter how they were threatened or what evidence they had against them. It was as if their loyalty ran so deep there was nothing that anyone could do to crack it. That was the real point of this stake out. Sure, they would take down a few dealers with it, but what they really wanted was information on the Death Adders.
"Man, I'd kill to find out their secret," the third guy said with a shake of his head. "Could retire on it."
"Yeah well, you'd more likely get killed trying to find out," the second guy said. "They don't play any games, you know, they're out for blood if somebody even thinks about turning on them. I've seen them tear apart one of their own just for sniffing at a cop's ass, let alone even speaking."
The two other men grunted their approval and none of them knew what was coming to them. For a few more minutes, they could live in heaven, enjoying their riches and dreaming of what they would do with it. But soon, they would be in handcuffs or dead.
Alexa sighed as she glanced down at her radio to make sure it was on. She was tired of waiting, she was ready to take these fools down. They didn't have any real information about the gang, she could tell, and she wanted them out of the way so that they could focus on the bigger fish they needed to fry.
"All right, it's a go," her partner's voice sounded over the radio. Alexa counted to five, the seconds it would take for the other officers to get from the stairwell to the front door of the apartment, and then pushed the window the rest of the way open.
The pounding on the door had alerted the three men to the police being present, and they were scrambling in panic. Two of them were stuffing money into their pockets and down their shirts, while the third was grabbing a few bricks of heroin to smuggle out the window with him. None of them expected to confront Alexa as they lunged for their escape route.
"Shit!" the first man cursed when he saw Alexa waiting for him.
"Oh, it's just a lady cop," the second one said with a chuckle.
"Grab her, we can use her as a hostage," the third man
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