Hammer & Gavel (The Omegaverse Case Files #1)

NINETEEN

TACTICAL AVOIDANCE

“Piss off,” he said, as his alarm went off that morning.Coffee cup clutched between his hands, he finally pressed ‘send’ on the email to the Inspector. Then the panic set in. He thought about retracting the email, and had to physically slap his own hand as it drifted towards the ‘undo’ button. No . This was good. This was a step forward. Despite all the chaos in his life, he could do this for himself. And for Alfie.

“Alright, Dai?” Rhys said the following afternoon. He jogged across the mats with Mathilda propped on his hip. Oliver pulled a silly face at the girl, but quickly dropped his eyes when he spotted Lucas sparring across the other side of the hall. “We’re doing a round of tag fights with the newbies, you in?”