Also, cause it can't be stated enough, and might have been lost in the rest of the chapter.
GO TOMMY!!!
Bravery comes in so many forms, and Tommy is proving to be such a surprise and delight to write.
Will loves his husband more. It is his critical blind spot, always has been. All he is seeing is his husband covered in blood and he is trying to fix it.
It isn't him being a fool, it's him being human. And I agree with you, he can't be that man anymore, and that's going to be the hardest thing for him to learn.
Let's see if he can meet this challenge, or if it's simply too much for him.
let's just clarify,
McLeod is one of the big four, the original leaders of the conspiracy. She's the contingency plan should Gallagher fail.
Our little game of Whack-a-mole is still afoot.
Only one person keeps getting overlooked.
Will's being Will. He thinks he's right, and were things level it was the right move. But the Order loves to twist and weaponize good intentions.
These lessons he is learning about power, and the weight of a crown on his head are going to be painful. But as someone pointed out before, Will no longer has the luxury of comfort, nor the time to adjust. He rises or he falls based on his ability to fight.
Empires rise, Empires fall, and it takes sacrifice to hold a throne.
Chapter Twenty-Four
WORLD END: 98 days, 3 hours, and 02 minutes
CSIS Headquarters, Ogilvie Road, Ottawa. The Deputy Director's Office.
The small, secure office was a sanctuary of cold, logical order, the only refuge from the chaos Andrew Carter controlled. He stood rigid by the window, the faint winter sunlight catching the granite severity of his face. He was in his operational uniform—crisp black suit, stark white shirt, and his signature borrowed silk tie tucked in—but
Perfection, Pizza boy it is... now to think up something odd, unhinged, and fun for our Pizza boy to get up to... and we need a love interest.
open for suggestions. Let's go for something unexpected Like a Male Ballet Student who's secretly in a gang.... or the Math Nerd who's been left home alone while his parents go on a round the world cruise, without him. orrrrrrr.... Jordan the Skateboarder who's secretly been feeding homeless kids and keeping them away from evil parents. mmmmmmmmmmmm
I really need to get a wheel for this sort of thing.
consistently thorough the books, Ben it Goofball, the coyote ones, or some I haven't released yet, it's Kenny's thing.
I think I will take a short break after this one is done to write something... new and fun. I need light, goofy, and fun.
Max and the incredible cursed locker room.
or
Nick and the revenge of the missing babysat.
orrrrrr....
Pizza boy, where's the dip?
I'll let you guys chose which one.
I like that this is a Kenny and Steve book, they deserve their moments to show they aren't passive victims of Alex's life.
And Kenny, just something about Kenny... for all his weirdness, OCD and need for a Squeaky Clean Steve, he's got a head on his shoulders.
The next book though, that's 100% Steve's story.
Chapter 14: The Ghost Town
The Suzuki Jimny, running on fumes and prayer, died with a wheezing sigh just as Kenny slammed the brakes outside the Radisson Health Clinic. The sign above the automatic doors was tilted, one bulb flickering weakly in the cold morning air.
Kenny barely registered the small, flat sprawl of Radisson—a scattering of gray, functional buildings built for the hydro facility, now looking like a backdrop for an apocalypse. The enormous absence of traffic, the close
What he does have is irrefutable proof of conspiracy to frame Peter and Matt, which is valuable to getting the charges against them dropped. Because nothing looks as great as: The Prime-Minister's Brother not turning up to his arraignment and "vanished" by the mechanism of the state.
Will has one hell of a scandal brewing. And given the mess around him, it's another political wound he's going to have to struggle through with his Coalition about to collapse.
Five minutes with the DG, and good ol'Brad will be confessing to stealing money from Wesley-Bear's mom's purse, cheating on this third grade homework, and the location of Jimmy Hoffa.