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And I'm considering letting you have a taste of their fury.”
    As Khalid stammered out an
apology to the demons, everyone piped down under Jett's stern, steady
gaze.
    “ We are being targeted,”
he said, looking at each and every one of them. “Someone out
there wants your head...separated from your shoulders. But I think I
prefer your heads firmly on your shoulders. Much prettier.”
Jett looked Bryn straight in the eye as he said the last two words.
    There was uneasy laughter all
around.
    Jett held Bryn's heated gaze
for an instant, then went on, “We are hunters. We hunt rogues,
murderers. And we will hunt this killer down. This 'killer'..may be
one rogue, but my hunch is, we are hunting one group or one army of
rogues. The Council has given the approval for a special
investigation unit. We have to hunt these rogues down and destroy
them quickly, before they strike again. We will not lose another
Enforcer,” Jett finished grimly.
    The entire room had fallen
silent. No one coughed or whispered. No one even moved a muscle.
Everyone was tensed, waiting, wanting in.
    “ I will call out four
names. These are the four Enforcers in the investigation unit.”
    Jett began to walk slowly
round the room. “Levi, Jeanette...”
    Levi and Jeanette each gave a
nod to acknowledge and accept their positions. Bryn swallowed hard.
Levi and Jeanette had been the first Enforcers to arrive at the scene
of Ricky's murder. It made sense that they would be on the team.
    Bryn straightened up and held
her breath. Was Jett appointing the four first responders to the
murder scene to the investigation unit?
    Her suspicions were confirmed
with the next name Jett called out.
    “ Scott,” Jett
announced.
    Bryn tensed. She was Scott's
partner, and she had arrived at the scene a full minute before Scott.
Surely she would make the team...
    Jett blinked, and his eyes
slid away from her. He stood with his back to her, cocking his head
at Mia and Zymfer.
    Bryn sucked in a painful
breath.
    No.
    He was going to call out the
last name. And it wasn't going to be her name.
    “ Z—”
    Bryn's eyes bugged. What?
What!
    He was going to call Zymfer,
the hot-headed, klutzy demon who was even more reckless and even more
of a rookie than her! And he wasn't even anywhere near the crime
scene.
    What. The. He—!
    Bryn lurched forward. “Me.”
    Jett pivoted on his heel to
frown at her. “What?”
    “ Me,” she
repeated, looking him straight in the eye.
    Jett stared at her for a long
while. “Step back, Bryn,” he said at last and turned
away.
    Bryn felt Charlotte's hand on
her elbow, trying to pull her back but Bryn would not be held back.
She marched right up to Jett and got in his face. “Levi,
Jeanette and Scott have all been appointed to the investigation unit.
They should be, since they were the first responders at the last
murder scene. But so was I, Jett. I was there, with them. The four
of us were there. You saw us. But you weren't going to call my
name, were you, Jett?”
    Jett narrowed his eyes at her.
“You're out of line, Bryn.”
    “ No! I am not. I am
simply stating the facts. What is the reason for leaving me out of
the investigation unit? Why am I being overlooked? I was one of the
first Enforcers to arrive at the scene. I remember every damn detail
of that scene!”
    Charlotte and Charlene had
rushed forward to Bryn's side and were trying to drag her back in
line.
    “ Come on, Bryn,”
Charlotte whispered. “Don't...”
    Bryn shook them off angrily.
    The rest of the Enforcers were
watching in silence and with great interest. Some were smiling, not
bothering to hide their amusement. Others looked on with glee and
anticipation.
    “ Fight for it, Bryn,”
someone called out.
    “ You go, girl!”
    “ Yeah, fight! Fight
him!”
    Bryn glanced over her shoulder
at the hooting, braying Enforcers behind her. They were egging her
on, inciting her to fight.
    She knew they were just
waiting to watch the show. They wanted a brawl, a