Following a tragic incident in L.A., detective Kacey Dean has returned to her hometown of Pleasant Hills, Washington, just in time to be swept up in a series of murders called the Chosen Killings-- citizens of Pleasant Hills are killing people seemingly at random, saying the words "I am chosen" before committing the murder. Kacey Dean has killed the man she thought was responsible, but she's about to find out that the Chosen Killings are far beyond her, or anyone's, understanding.

I Am Chosen

J.D. was excited to try his experiment.

He had placed the quartz crystals in a ring around the black stone. Then he had looped the copper wire around each crystal, stringing it between them, using the metal to form a closed circle. Now it was time for the next step.

Just then Kacey came into the cabin from outside, flashlight in one hand, and a very large sledgehammer in the other.

/"Good Lord,/" J.D. said. /"I don't suppose you have something like, you know, a claw hammer?/"

/"This is too big, I'm guessing,/" Kacey said.

Setting the sledgehammer on its head, Kacey huffed, turned, and walked back outside.

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