Chapter 95Slade's POV

They knew something had happened, that a dark hole had opened and swallowed their colleagues, but they were deliberately, actively avoiding acknowledging the void. It wasn't confusion; it was coordinated silence.

They were afraid of whatever force had made those officers disappear, and that force was now turning its attention to me. The precinct was not a place of safety; it was the heart of the conspiracy.

The medication was wearing off, and the panic returned with ...