Story 2 – A Father's Love
"This is a thing of beauty, boss." Faith had said, the words rolling through Mayor Wilkins' head, gathering speed and narrowing in on his heart.
He had once seen her in battle, seeing past her capabilities and potential, and finding a kindred spirit, a young girl who looked remarkably like his first daughter Marsha, whom he had lost a short while ago at a healthy age. He wanted then to protect her, take her under his wing, and have her rule his world, the way they both saw fit.
Looking at her now, he knew he was wrong. She was badly bruised and heavily concussed, to the point of being in a coma. Even her slayer strength could only help so much. She was out of the battle, and he was alone again.
As he sat there and watched over her, he mourned her loss, not as a cronie, not as a hired help, not as an assassin on a payroll, but as his daughter.
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