Death in High Places (6/??)
Sep. 7th, 2005 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forsyth"All the more reason to keep amateurs from interfering. I'm giving you a last chance to walk away."
I stood up from the body and brushed my hands off. "I'm finished here anyway," I said, "But if I was you, I'd be careful. Like you said, you were allies, whoever killed her might come after you next."
"The Law knows no fear."
I said nothing, simply walked away. Law may know no fear, but much of its power comes from respect. Somehow, I doubted whoever'd done this had any respect for the Law. But babysitting's not part of my job.
I stood up from the body and brushed my hands off. "I'm finished here anyway," I said, "But if I was you, I'd be careful. Like you said, you were allies, whoever killed her might come after you next."
"The Law knows no fear."
I said nothing, simply walked away. Law may know no fear, but much of its power comes from respect. Somehow, I doubted whoever'd done this had any respect for the Law. But babysitting's not part of my job.
