A moment passed. And then another. And then another. Too many. Something was off. She lay there as the seconds passed, waiting for the pain that didn't come. They wouldn't spare her, would they? They never left survivors. Maybe they were just going to scare her and kill the girl. Leave a victim behind to report how powerful they were, and how powerless anyone who crossed them was, and who better than a cop? It wasn't impossible...

Slowly, her eyes opened...