Page 2 of Knight Watch

“We just had a case come in!” She was barely hiding her excitement.

It was their first case, and Kingsley felt a twinge of excitement hit his belly.

Cleo handed Emme a note with the necessary details as the others started to crowd around. Cain and Caitlin also joined them.

“It’s a missing person case. Raymond Rutherford the third, no less, wants us to find his niece, Sydney Rutherford,” Emme read.

“Do we have any more details?” Shane asked.

“No,” Cleo shook her head, “but I have him coming in at eleven to meet with you.”

“I know a bit about this guy,” Caitlin said as they walked off the field when Shane called time on the morning’s training.

“How?” Shane asked as he watched her control the colossal dog at her side with a few barely perceptible hand movements.

“He came to the attention of the LAPD when a woman who worked with him accused him of assault. All the charges were dropped, and he was exonerated.”

“But?” Emme asked as they moved into the office space past the rear entrance leading directly to the conference room.

“I don’t know, but he was off. I can’t say how. I couldn’t take to him at all.”

“Okay. Let’s bear that in mind when we meet with him.”

Kingsley followed the rest of the team and hit the locker rooms that housed separate showers and changing facilities for the men and women. The compound also had a breakroom that had a TV, pool table, and Xbox as well as three large couches. A small kitchen was next to the breakroom containing cooking facilities; there were also two large bedrooms—one for Shane and Emme, and a spare for clients if required—along with two additional rooms that contained a couple of bunk beds each for the times the team needed to sleep there.

He had to give it to Shane and Emme, they’d planned everything for the comfort of the team, and he appreciated it. Kingsley knew too well that with the kind of work they did, safety and comfort weren’t a given. He didn’t want to think about his past; he wanted to focus on the future. That was the reason he’d accepted Emme’s offer and joined this team.

He had a good feeling about his bosses, the Alliance Agency, and the other members of the team. The winds were shifting, he could sense it, and he was ready for whatever storm the next mission would bring.