Warning- This Chapter is Rated M. You have been warned.

December 11th 1030 Hours

"You made this a Christmas to remember. Springtime feelings in the middle of December!" Trina sang loudly along with the music playing in the station.

Dean Ambrose walked in to return the keys to officers as he had been working on one of the station vehicles. He caught sight of Trina singing while Seth was working on paperwork.

"What's with her?" Dean laughed.

"We've been listening to Dolly Parton Christmas music all morning. Trina watched that Dolly Parton childhood movie thing last night and has lost her mind over it." Seth sighed.

"It was a great movie. And to think…. Dolly Parton grew up dirt poor, wearing rags and look at her now." Trina smiled.

"Yeah and Steve told me you cried through most of the movie." Seth snickered.

Trina looked up at him with wide-eyes. "When did he tell you that?"

Seth laughed. "When I texted him to tell him you were on a Dolly Parton kick today."

"You just wait until I get my hands on that man." Trina mock pouted.

"Yeah, you'll probably lay him on the couch." Seth snickered.

Dean raised an eyebrow. "Now I see why Layfield calls you two his kids. Car is all done. Oil changed, studded tires put on, antifreeze checked." He tossed Seth the keys.

"Don't worry Dean, we're always this crazy." Trina smiled.

"Whatever works. By the way, is Joe getting out of jail? I am enjoying getting all this extra business." Dean asked.

"His trial is set for after the new year. He still can't make bail." Trina shrugged. "If we're lucky we won't see him 10 to 20 years."

"In that case I might have to hire some extra help." Dean smiled. "You guys have a good day. See you later."

They watched Dean walk out. Seth looked over at Trina as she began singing again and fondly shook his head. "So what made you cry so much during the movie last night?"

"It is a very good movie and tugs at your emotions. Dolly's little brother dying, her family's grief over that, the little outcast girl that Dolly befriends, Dolly's dad finding faith… I am telling you, I cried like a fool." Trina explained.

"I notice you and Richard are spending a lot of time together." Seth smirked.

"Well duh! He is my boyfriend." She rolled her eyes.

"I know that. But more than usual. He is spending most nights at your house." Seth raised an eyebrow.

"What is your point?"

"My point is Monica, you two seem closer than ever before." Seth smiled.

"I really hadn't noticed much difference but…maybe we are just so happy to be together again." She shrugged.

"Seth, Trina…you two need to go out. Eddie Gilbert just called. He was out hunting and found a body." Jerry sighed.

"Female? Is this our serial killer again?" Seth asked.

"Not sure, he said he called us after he found a foot. He is out near the old logging trail by his house." Jerry said. "You two go, I will call Dolph and have him meet you there."

"So much for the peace that had settled in." Trina sighed as she stood up.

1100 Hours

Seth and Trina pulled up at the end of the logging trail to find Eddie Gilbert sitting on his four-wheeler waiting for them. They climbed out of the SUV and walked over to him.

"Officers, I am glad you are here." Eddie said.

"Chief says you found a body. We need you to walk us through what happened." Seth said.

"I was riding my four-wheeler looking for a good spot to hunt. I came upon what I thought was a large snow drift. I decided to dig it out a bit rather than just drive over it. But as I started moving snow, I found a foot. I stopped and called you guys. I know about those murders in the area and I didn't want to mess up evidence or anything." Eddie said.

"Okay, that's good. You did the right thing." Trina told him. "We'll take it from here."

Dolph pulled in near their SUV. Trina turned and looked at Seth. "We're probably going to have to dig this person out."

Seth nodded. "This might take a while. I'll help Dolph unload equipment."

Trina watched Seth go help Dolph. She turned back to Eddie who looked a bit shaken.

"Mr. Gilbert, it is going to take all three of us to process the scene up there. I need you to go ahead into Davis and give a statement to Chief Lawler. You are not in any trouble; we appreciate you calling us so quickly." She assured him, then saw Steve pull in behind Dolph.

"I'll go now. Be careful up there, the snow is deep." Eddie told her.

She nodded and walked over to help the men unload equipment. She grabbed a few shovels while they were grabbing equipment bags.

"We haven't had a murder in a month. I was half starting to hope that our killer had moved on to another area or died of natural causes." Dolph mumbled.

"We don't know anything yet. Don't get ahead of anything." Steve said. He turned to Trina. "You okay?"

"As well as I can be in these situations." She told him as they began walking up the trail.

"With all this heavy snow if the killer left behind evidence it is buried." Seth sighed.

"Again, don't assume anything. This could be a hunter that died in the woods of exposure or a heart attack." Steve warned.

After they had walked for nearly 15 minutes they finally came upon the large pile of snow that indeed did look like a snow drift. They could see the foot sticking out that Eddie Gilbert had found.

"We'll need to remove the snow carefully so we don't damage the body or lose potential evidence." Dolph said.

"We'll follow your lead." Steve said.

The three men began carefully shoveling the snow away from the snow pile. Trina carefully dug through the discarded snow looking for any evidence.

"Holy fucking shit!" Seth yelled making them all look up at him.

"Seth?" Steve was surprised at his outburst.

"It's Stephanie McMahon! I can see the face." Seth said.

"The woman that has been all over the news the past two weeks?" Steve asked.

Trina walked over to where Seth was standing and looked at the body. The hair was a bit disheveled due to the snow removal but enough of the face was visible for recognition.

"He's right. That is Stephanie." Trina sighed. "This is gonna be a circus in hell."

"Trina start taking photos. I want to make sure we have everything documented." Dolph said. "I will hand clean the rest of the snow off of her and see what I can determine in a field exam."

Trina immediately grabbed the camera and began snapping pictures. As the cleared away more snow, she could see that Stephanie was dressed in a black dress and boots. Her arms had been crossed over her chest. Her legs were straight.

"I am willing to bet money this is our serial killer. She is laid out perfectly and left by a logging trail." Trina said.

"But her husband was murdered too and found shot in a different part of the state. It doesn't make sense." Steve frowned.

"Shit… do you think Stephanie was into bondage?" Seth looked up.

"Too early to tell. Wouldn't be the first high profile person that was into kink and bondage though. Look at Bob Crane. David Carradine." Trina said.

"Well, I can tell you she has been out here quite a long time. She is frozen solid. But that might play in our favor as it probably preserved her well and held off decay." Dolph sighed.

"The media is gonna be all over this. We need to make sure we handle everything by the book. And under no circumstances do we let this McMahon guy and his influence push us around. This is our case and we run it our way." Steve looked at them all.

"You got it." Seth nodded.

"I can tell you she was placed here already dead…. she was cold when she was placed here as she is not sticking to the ground or snow." Dolph said.

"Let's get her out of here. The sooner you are able to work on her at the morgue, the better." Steve said.

1400 Hours

Steve looked over at Trina as he drove them towards the morgue. Dolph had called them and said he needed to see them at the morgue. Trina looked tense and on edge. He reached over and took her hand.

"Are you okay?" Steve asked her.

"I am just anxious to see if Stephanie really was killed by our serial killer, which I think she was from the way she was found." She said.

"This could get messy."

"I am glad that you are gonna stand strong against McMahon." She said.

"Flair agrees with me. Jerry agrees with me. This is a Tucker county case and McMahon is gonna have to shut up and let us do our job." Steve assured her.

She smiled at him. "Tucker county is lucky to have you. We're gonna need you now more than ever."

Steve pulled into the parking lot at the morgue. "Just doing things my way."

The two of them climbed out of the car and walked across fresh falling snow to the building. Stepping inside they took off their coats and left them in the reception room before walking down the hall to the exam room.

When they walked inside the examining room they could see Dolph writing notes on his paperwork beside where he was examining Stephanie's remains.

"Dolph, what was so important? You couldn't possibly have gotten her remains thawed out yet." Trina asked.

"You're right there. That is a delicate process so I don't lose potential evidence. But I wanted to give you what I have found so far. I have managed to get a lot done as I carefully warmed the body enough to get started. Stephanie…. she is a victim of our serial killer but there are a few differences." Dolph said.

"She shows signs of bondage activities?" Steve asked.

"Yeah, but…. her injuries are much more severe than our other victims. And based on some of the injuries that had begun healing. I would say she was involved in multiple bondage scenes over an extended time period, up to 72 hours." Dolph frowned.

"Multiple scenes?"

Dolph shook his head. "If I had to make a guess, I think a lot of this was done against her will. Or maybe she is into some super crazy hardcore shit. But the marks that was done to her…. it's sick."

"You sure she is a victim of our serial killer?" Steve asked.

"Pretty sure. She was washed thoroughly, redressed and put along that logging trail." Dolph said. "But this guy kicked it up a notch."

"Can you tell a cause of death?" Steve asked.

"Not yet. I can't tell a conclusive time of death either. The snow preserved her but it interfered with the usual method of determining time of death. But based on the amount of snow that was covering her and looking at the amount of snow we have gotten each day the past few weeks…. I'd estimate she's been dead 10 days." Dolph said.

"But she's been missing since before Thanksgiving?" Steve frowned.

"What else did you find?" Trina asked.

"Where to start? Okay we'll work from head to toe. I managed to work her mouth open and found she had two puncture wounds through her tongue." Dolph said. "Wounds are round in shape, but they appear a bit crude. I don't think they were done with a professional piercing needle."

"That is part of bondage?" Trina asked.

"My research found some people include sharps insertion and piercings as part of their bondage scenes." Dolph said.

"What else did you find?" Steve prompted.

"Many, many rope marks. She has shibari marks from shoulders to knees."

"What is Shibari?" Trina asked.

"That is the term for rope bondage that I found. I guess it started in Japan but I need to read up more on it. Some of the ropes left bruises. And she has heavy rope bruising around her breasts. Looks as if the ropes were tightened around her breasts so tight that it cut off circulation." Dolph pulled back the sheet. "Which brings me to the next injury, she has round puncture wounds through both nipples going from side to side. These wounds seem more clean and as if they were done with proper piercing gear."

"Oh that is sick." Trina cringed.

"That's just the beginning. Her buttocks and thighs are a mess of bruises and cane marks." Dolph gently rolled the body to its side.

Steve and Trina were both shocked. Stephanie's thighs and buttocks were nearly one solid bruise crisscrossed with deep cane marks.

"Surely she didn't enjoy this. This has to be abuse and torture." Trina insisted.

"I am inclined to agree with that based on the pelvic exam I ran." Dolph said.

"Did you find any DNA?" Steve asked.

"Like I said the killer cleaned her pretty well, but I took swabs just to be sure. I'll send them to the lab. However, I am not optimistic." Dolph sighed.

"What did the pelvic exam show?" Trina asked.

Dolph hesitated a moment. "She had severe, brutal vaginal and anal damage. Vaginal bruising, tearing, swelling and from the looks of things the tears in the vagina were infected. Rectal tearing and swelling, she was torn bad enough that had she received medical care she would've needed stitches."

"Damn, surely that couldn't have been consensual." Steve said.

"I agree. Speaking as a medical professional, if a woman came to the ER with just those vaginal and anal injuries and tried telling me it was consensual, I wouldn't believe it and would have her speak with a counselor to try getting the truth out of her." Dolph explained.

"Any other injuries?" Steve asked.

"She has some bruising on her ankles that I haven't been able to figure out yet." Dolph said. "I also contacted the Charleston authorities and told them we found her. Of course a positive ID will have to be made, but we know it's her."

"That's good. Let us know what you find out as you are able to examine her more." Steve said.

"I hope that we can catch this guy. This is sick. I don't want to see anyone else on my table brutalized like this." Dolph said.

"Take good care of her. She's been through enough." Trina said.

"I will." Dolph nodded.

2130 Hours

Steve walked into the Davis station and saw Trina working at her desk while Layfield was eating in the break room. Seth and Jerry had gone home for the day. He sighed and walked over and sat down in the chair by her desk. She looked up at him startled.

"Hey, what brings you here?" she asked.

"I went to the farm and you weren't there so I knew you were here." Steve said. "Why did you stay so late? There is nothing more we can do today. Vince McMahon is coming in the morning to identify Stephanie. So far the media is quiet. So what are you doing?"

"Working on my killer profile. Stephanie's murder throws the whole thing for a loop." Trina sighed. "She went missing with her husband. He was found dead in another county. He was shot, none of the other victims have been shot. None of the other victims had their husband with them. Jerry contacted the Harpers Ferry police to get a copy of Hunter Helmsley's autopsy report. It was faxed over, Hunter showed no signs of bondage activity. There wasn't a mark on him except for the gunshot wounds." Trina handed him the faxed report.

"Maybe they were both into bondage and the killer killed him to get him out of the way." Steve said.

"Maybe, makes as much sense as anything else." She agreed.

"Any other ideas?"

"I can't figure out why he kept her alive longer than the other victims. He kept her alive long enough for infection to set in. And she was brutalized worse than the other victims. As intense as some of the stuff Trish, Amy and Kristal had done to them was, it was consensual. What was done to Stephanie couldn't have been consensual. Anyone would have used a safe word after that much damage." Trina said. "Steve, I feel lost in this process."

"Honey, we all are scratching our heads right now. And you are not a trained profiler so it is okay that you haven't figured it out yet. You will." He reached for her hand.

"I hope you're right. This can't happen to another woman."

Steve tugged on the hand he was holding and pulled her up. "Come on. I will take you home. You need a break from all this. It has been a long day today and it will be a long day tomorrow. You need a rest and to think on something else for a bit."

She leaned against him and nuzzled his shoulder. "Okay you win."

"I'll rub your shoulders." Steve promised.

"Can you behave?" she looked up at him.

"We'll see." Steve winked.

"That's a no." she chuckled as she grabbed her coat.

"Well it would certainly take your mind off everything." Steve chuckled.

"So would a Liam Neeson movie."

"My idea takes both our minds off work." Steve helped her with her coat.

She turned and hugged him. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"Taking such wonderful care of me."

"I always will." He kissed her forehead.

Author's Notes- Got on a roll again and another chapter happened. Thank you for the reviews and messages. It seriously makes writing so much easier when you have support and feedback. Paisley2 (About your message, you are on the right track with some of the people you mentioned. However, the motivation is not what you thought. However, your idea was so well thought out that I had to stand back a second. Kudos. And I am sure they will get into the colleges when the bowl games hit.) Batistasprincess (Thank you so much. Did you see this coming?) jcott3 (With having a goat in this story, I just had to throw the Cubs in there. LOL Good catch on Braun.) Carlyrosanna83 (That question will be answered soon enough.) Lordban (How about a sudden burst of 'Here comes the money'? LOL)