Like so many of the storms and dark clouds that often rolled through the hills and up into the mountains that surrounded Stockard Creek, the bad weather that was Dominic Black and his ill-fated end-game with Bella drifted away.

The town council called an emergency meeting, which was streamed live, and the citizens of the town were told about the government agency's retreat from town and changing of the guard. There would be no more drones following people around, no more dark SUVs ...