Chapter ONE - Weebly

doubled over, and the man drove his face into the table.
Blood spurted from Diver’s nose and he dropped to the
floor, hands clutched to his face.
“No!” Ethan cried, taking a step toward Diver.
Another man blocked his way, his gun raised.
“Enough,” the sheriff said loudly.
Ethan stopped, raising his hands again in surrender.
“There’s no need to involve him in this.”
Greenleaf glared down at Diver, a frown on his
broad face. Kannice had rushed to Diver’s side with a
cloth to stanch the bleeding.
“The pup involved himself,” the sheriff said.
“He’s young, and a fool. He wasn’t thinking. I’m the
one you came for, and you’ve got me. Let’s leave it at
that.”
Greenleaf eyed Diver for another moment before
finally dismissing him with a shake of his head. “Fine,”
he said to Ethan. “Come along, then. No more trouble.”
The man behind Ethan pushed him again, though
with less force than before. Ethan glanced briefly at
Kannice, who looked as frightened as he had ever seen
her. He gave her what he hoped was a reassuring smile,