The Shadow, A Short Story [Excerpt]

The Shadow [Short Story]

Everything up to this point has made sense.

Even when in the thick of it. All the madness surrounding me.

I'm drowning in the chaos of life.

The drinking. The women, the job

The job.

A hunter out for his next great kill. That was my purpose.

That was my duty; a soldier with his orders.

Hunt. Reveal. Destroy.

The story.

Caught up in investigations

Putting everything on the line. No matter the cost.

Denial. Divorce. Depression.

Madness.

Lost in the research, consumed with investigations. Focused on the subjects, their struggles, their skeletons desperately hidden behind the shadows of their lives.