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    A Badge and a Bully: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember
    A Badge and a Bully: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember
    A Badge and a Bully: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember
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    A Badge and a Bully: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember

    By Misti Wolanski

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    Sometimes, what you are and what those around you are willing to accept don’t match up, even if you are a selkie.

    (A short story of about 6400 words—about 25 minutes of reading for the average reader)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMisti Wolanski
    Release dateSep 4, 2014
    ISBN9781502219732
    A Badge and a Bully: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember

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      A Badge and a Bully - Misti Wolanski

      A Badge and a Bully

      Tales from the Darkworld

      Misti Wolanski

      http://mistiwolanski.com/

      Draft 2 Digital Edition

      Copyright ©2014

      All Rights Reserved

      Sometimes, what you are and what those around you are willing to accept don’t match up.

      Cover by the Author

      Image © Julie Elliott-Abshire (je1196) on FreeImages

      This is a work of fiction. People, places, and events are made up; any that aren’t made up have all been processed through the shredder of the author’s imagination and therefore at best bear only superficial resemblance to their originals.

      This work is licensed in its original format for your personal enjoyment. It is not licensed for resale or sharing by e-mail, torrent, or other file-sharing method. Thank you for respecting the author’s rights.

      A Badge and a Bully

      EMBER MCCALLAHAM WASN’T sure how she knew he was a werewolf. That he was in law enforcement was more obvious—the way he carried himself, the he kept his concealed carry free, his discreet observation of the shoplifter hanging out in the electronics section of the thrift store where she worked.

      He surreptitiously he studied the shoplifter for a few seconds longer than necessary, as if checking for something else, before he headed for men’s clothing. The policeman was there to shop, then, not for work, although her boss had been trying to get some plainclothes help.

      Mister Bawker was fair, reasonable even when he made demands, and Ember did what she could to help keep the workplace atmosphere pleasant. But there was only so much a college freshman could do, even if she wasn’t exactly human.

      Ember wasn’t sure that police used folks only a few years older than her as plainclothesmen, anyway.

      The werewolf-cop paused and glanced again towards the shoplifter while he perused the clothes. Ember’s position at the pricing station was designed to help her spot folks like the shoplifter, though her workload usually meant she couldn’t afford to do anything about it. She had to finish the current pile before closing, so she focused on doing the thorough but

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