Chapter Forty-Seven
September 7, 2229, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Police Enforcement Zone 122 Station, Office of Captain Alexander Ragnar
Erik stepped into Captain Ragnar’s office with a smile, Jia right behind him.
It’d been an easy but boring morning, dominated by a Kandarian report follow-up. Erik suspected that was about to change. Being summoned to the captain’s office meant one of two things.
Either Captain Ragnar was going to tear them a new one, or he had a high-profile case for them—something with potential political sensitivity. Doing real policework would be nice, especially since the Malcolm situation wasn’t a distraction anymore.
The smile slipped off Erik’s face as soon as he spotted his superior.
Captain Ragnar sat behind his desk, his massive frame imposing an
