Chapter 3: Chapter 3

A male deputy around Makai’s age sat at one of the desks he had to pass. The guy gave him a polite nod yet still managed to look suspicious. Great.

Makai went out of the gate and rounded the column to talk to Deputy Peters.

“I was told to reserve an appointment for two weeks from now,” he said, even though he guessed that she already knew this.

“Right, okay… let’s see,” she murmured and started to flip through an appointment book. “Every two weeks, right?”

“Yeah.”

“He’s a good guy,” she said quietly, and Makai blinked at her. She never took her gaze off the book in front of her, but she continued to speak. “I think you’re here to live in peace. You went through something horrible, and I want to apologize.”

“Nothing you did,” Makai managed to say, feeling almost choked up. This wasn’t what he’d expected to hear.