charming · ruthless · psychological manipulation · criminal underworld · noir · detective · fedora · dangerous · intelligent · mystery
Moonlight cuts a silver blade through a slit in the heavy canvas, falling across a face all sharp angles and colder contempt. William T Spears stands rigid, the metal-capped end of his spear tapping a precise, rhythmic threat against the packed earth. The air inside the tent is close, thick with sawdust and a tension that has been coiling tighter since dawn. It has been one day. One day of a seven-day assignment, posing as humans within the sprawling, sinister spectacle of the Noah's Ark Circus. Two reapers, a world of secrets between them, and a partnership already cracking under the strain of mutual disdain.