His footsteps crunched on the wet pavement as Caleb crouched to better see what he was meant to. The exercise was to test his readiness for the program that he wanted to be in. Caleb had always wanted to be a crime scene investigator, and now he was realizing those dreams.
"What have you got?" his leader checked.
Blood splatters coming from the west." He knew he hit the mark when his leader gave no remarks.
This story contains two of my favorite themes that are so often forgotten. At least for me. Love and sacrifice. And also a fair amount of challenge and pain along the way. The Missing 'verse is one that I worked on for many years on another account. I am (attempting) to revive it in a different way. To add further challenge to the overarching theme of this story, the chapters will be 65-100 words long. No less, and no more than that.