Reckless Defiance

Darius’s POV

Back on patrol, I pushed myself as hard as I could, trying to wear out my own frustration. I could see where Valerie was coming from, and I felt the shadows of our past creeping over our present. My mistakes of the past were coming back to haunt me. I felt like I was making the same ones again.

But what could I do? I needed Valerie to be safe, and that meant she had to be confined to