Prey

By Danny Eugene Allen

Prey, a child of LA. Learns profound-skills of determination, honor and duty being a detective.
only she's an on force as a detective and court-attaché. Her work being quite adept and refined-for work on the beats. Enjoy the tales of solving crimes, and being a highly acute steward of the courts... It's in the LA-scene; lifestyle and crime-wise...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Danny Eugene Allen
• Release date: Nov 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311159335

Danny Eugene Allen

27 year veteran Indy writer author Danny Eugene Allen brings to you 34 extraordinary ebooks across a wide-arena. Properly proposed and propagation. A holder of an Associate in Arts degree and attended 5 other institutions of college learning. His long private career has brought forth a large sample of driven, tasteful and general development that has a requiem to all readers. His present works taken on numerous directions. Powerful, excellent and astonishment proves worthy of much gteat engaging entertainment. Find out and uncover your favorites.

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'Prey'

A Bo Jon Little-horse P.I. novel.

By

Danny E. Allen

@2013 Danny E. Allen

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Chapter One

...In the theory, a loss...

...She was running in the rain; along the L.A. Freeway. ...It was usually, rainy in the late-Winter in California. She was weighing less than 149 lbs, 5' 8"; tall for her-size. Lean, mostly-muscle a former-National Guard-Reserves soldier; ran in the Los Angeles marathon, every year... An 'Iron-man'-aficionado... She usually, ran eight-miles every-morning before court-details, trial-protocol and corroberative-work. ...She was 'Head-attache'; which often meant she-had many responsibilities and duties.

She was forceful and definitely, epitomized: second, in a class of 175 in 2006... A native-American of the tribe of 'Cherokee' under her once -Chieftain grand-father which meant the line of 'Standing-Bear' would be passed-on to her-son, unborn. Right now she was devoted to her-job. ...It was that her-heritage, gave coveted-'strength' to her-family. ...Bo Ron Littlehorse, mother Sarah, and her three-siblings all, growing-up with duty, discipline, and an indubitable mental dutiful-strength and a 'sense' of empowerment.

...As her-career, talent and life came espouse; she was a true-'warrioress'. ...From the times of her-childhood; spent-on the reservation, at a preparatory-school in North-Hollywood, to a stand-out classmate by '04 at Syracuse University... She proved to be a virtuous, assertive and self-rightfully, disciplined-person... An apparent-ingenue coming to pull all her 'strings' together in-life. With the 'blessings' of her-mother and father, recognizing and showing, a belonging with those she-knew and loved.

...A full-'constellation' of dedicated-addendums; by a foster, fortune and forging. Prey, was to become an innate-devotee, and an 'impressario'... Uncle Bo Jon, had been an implicate-part of her extensive-family. In fact, he was Prey's 'idol'. ...On special-occasions; trips to Nevada, and visits by her favorite-kin, he was more than willing to oblige.

With every get-together he imparted, story-told, and gave a 'wisdom' to all who were there. Although, he would never be a Chieftain, he had a certain-'majestic', about him... So with times, tales, and a little-drama and excitement; they grew close and admiring of each-other. Prey Ophelia Littlehorse was the oldest... And with this-lead, she learned to be the most-astute, and self-assured... In youth, her-bedroom was like a temple of Little-horse's self-confidence... And being the eldest, she could be the most head-strong, and clever. By seven years old, she and her-father went hunting-up in the California Hills for Coyotes. She managed to kill three-on her first time at it.

She used a .22 rifle that she called 'Gentle Ben', and Ben could knock an eye out of a 'Dreary'-dog at 600-yards... After her first rifle-gun, she'd read books and magazines of all-kinds of weaponry. Her most favorite-pistol was the Berretta-460, a hand-gun more precise and accurately, powerful than she'd ever heard-of... She was astonished at its accurate calculated-abilities. You could aim-almost in any direction and expect to hit it within .066 cm...

But with time, guns became physical-ability; she'd watched as body-builders who were on the California beaches, with their muscular-physiques. What really, intrigued and fascinated her was the great-intensity and feeling of endurance, with which each attained a physical- 'greatness'... She would spend hours watching in-astonishment. Later-on, her eighth-birthday, she received a horse to ride in California back-country. ...A Pinto-mare, named 'Sonny'. Prey-had a borne-intelligence, enthusiasm and athletic young-girl...

Her-parents thought the world of her, the many things she did, and what she became very accomplished and agile... By age eight, she was a top-student in the eighth-grade Spelling Bee Regional Champ and a devout Native-member. 'Sonny', was a richly, pattern-coated 'war-horse'... ...She was three years-old, out of a reservation-raised stock. It was love at first-sight, she was easy to ride and immediately, she rode her 'bare-backed' in native-style. Native rare-horses were bred to be alert, astute and tame. A native was known to ride a Pinto for ten-days, with two-stops for water and grazing.

Prey, knew many of the horsing-skills by seven, when she rode Sonny, they became as 'one'. There were many gifts she received over the years, but pistols, and ponies, physical-strength and endurance; proved to stay in her-life. Uncle Bo Jon loved to tell and instruct her in many of the laws and factors he learned over a mature-lifetime... To her, he led an 'illustrious'-life. She could listen to him for hours, and she had a special-bunk at his ranchhouse, the Secato S. She became inspired, in her a learning and devoted due-diligence.

With B.J.'s commanding-hand, she was guided to be a 'disciple'. B.J. wouldn't pick anyone else to take-on his-mantle... He was known to exist with true-guidance,wisdom and strength; passed-down to an awaiting and capable-child. Bo Ron knew early, they had an ability and potential in common. That was sixteen-years ago. And now, Prey was competent and professional. After college, the armed-forces, and court assignments she was one of the best-legal investigators in the L.A. system. Her uncle, long an investigator, attache and detective out-West, Prey was a big-city associate; after getting a Bachelor in Criminal Justice... Bo Jon was the one to lay the diploma in her-hands.

He was proud of her, and she knew 'why'. After a graduation-party, she was to finish her-stint as a Leuitanant in the National-Guard-Reserve. By 23, she was assigned to Eastern Division of Los Angeles County. She was no novice, she took it 'fast' and 'easy'... Now, a three-year appointee, she had one of the largest-caseloads in the city. ...Intricate and of implement, each case was to be settled in three-weeks. ...Prey, had it done in eighteen-days, 'tops'. If you had her-on the case, you were 'unlucky' to be a violator.

Rarely, had the law-breaker even gotten back-on the street. The prosecutor usually, had the papers for the judge's decision in-hand... Many of the Court-entities knew of her-prowess as a virtuous and preeminent-law-enforcer. Bo Jon, once sat-in on one of her court-assignments, he was surprised at how swiftly a decision came; she was commanding, even more than he. He even thought it was 'outrageous' that she could actually, act with such 'focus' and 'clarity'. He told her he was so very, 'proud'.

Her-skill at legal-sleuthing-only increased-with time. She owned a 6-room apartment in the upper East-side. ...It was famous for detective novels. But Prey was no run-of-the-mill, 'flat-foot'. Although, she extolled in the prime-virtues; she was as devoted as any prime-CSI hero... And she excelled at critical-analysis... Redeemed and dedicated, she was able to 'uncover' the clues and detailing-precepts for the job. By the end of her second-year; she was honored for her-duties as a court associate, with the L.A. City's 'Golden-shield' in honored-services...

...As her-accomplishments grew, she became: '...a credible and relied-upon associate'... And now, she was ready for the day. She walked-into the court dressed-in a very professional 'J-Crew' suit, her-hair was cut-cropped close to her-face and allowed to fall along her-cheeks. She was very-professional; Gucci stylish-shoes and carried a shoulder strapped-laptop attache-portfolio case. ..While not in court, she wore a special body-suit, Lady-Chanel hiking-boots, with reinforced uppers, a shoulder-holstered Berretta -228B and two-knives; a Native-hunting knife and 8" Styletto.

She was meaning 'business'; while at-court, in the office, or at functions. But in-theater, she was one to be reckoned-with. She'd spent the better part of the morning, processing and executing court-protocol. She was 'civil', alert and precise-in seeing her-caseload-through. Prey's family resided in Carlsbad, CA, on a private-estate run by her one-time construction businessman-father... A 20-acre property, where Bo Ron and Sarah Little-horse, had lived for 8-years. Prey, had lived-on her own at 18, since leaving for college. Bo Ron was raised on the Northern-Nevada reservation as a tribal native-son of Chief Chere 'Standing-Bear' Littlehorse. ...His brother, Bo Jon left with the approval of their-father to an area high-school, then went on to the Marines and then UNLV... He did so well, he became an excellent-detective in central-Nevada and then the West-wide. Bo Jon was given the native name of 'Toujo' meaning; 'one who knows 'thought''... Bo Ron was given the name: 'Wie-low', one who bends with sheep'. His dad called him 'Willost', when he was a boy...

After adulthood, the boys went their separate-ways. Neither being superstitious, they took to the non-native culture-easily. Each knew hard-work and discipline, and respected and revered their tribe; coming-home for special-groups and councils. They contributed, readily to any tribal-concern. Their father died four years ago at the age of 88, the funeral included a 100,000 strong entourage. He was sorely, missed. The boys were now 'heirs'; and to pick a new-Chief, their-input was required. The direct-ceremony was held twelve-days and nights, until people, group and tribe agreed on their new-tribal-leader. With the boys, insisting-on not being considered; their-sister Sheila's son was next; if both turned it down. Sheila, though not the most-obvious, she was the most-devoted... So her son William Peter Fellows, a son of a tribal council-member and lifelong consort, was chosen. Prey was there...

And now she left the court-building to grab her regular-fatigues and to meet with associates at the L.A. central-Legal Courts offices. She had work to do... Most everyone knew the 'Lone-wolf'-character of P.L. She was also popular for her-beauty and competence. ...Self-assured, sophisticated and assertive she was hard not to be intimidated by. But her natural native-beauty melted hearts and worked in her-favor. Instilling and intricate, she represented the new-character of the modern L.A.P.D... Lately, workloads were high and she had risen to the challenge. With the California government-budgets, prosecutory-workloads and the need for greater-execution; she was a watershed-workhorse. She even took her-time to instruct others. She didn't want to see others lose out, so she and the head-L.A. County D.A. worked-in unison to assist in, as a universal-aid. In its eighth-year of a state-recession, everyone was tightening their-belt. Prey-fell right into her-'groove'. Doing out-standing work and representations; she single-handedly, lowered other-assignees' loads and burdens... She was a true-inspiration. But she-recognized with duty there was admonishing-in what was her-job.

By day's end she'd just gotten-back from a crime-scene, when the phone-rang. She realized calls after 4 pm were Court-'leads'; trying to speculate new-caseloads. Prey, like a true 'sharp-shooter' knew what, how and when to do things. ...If anything the factors of a case were usually, culpable and hanged-on the misunderstood or disallowed; which was always less critique and credibility than in what had been a 'went', and want... In what was the intricate-assumptions professed and patronized, but rarely, went into direct-implications... The laws of the L.A.-area was confunctional, at best. But 'Buffalo-law', had a way around it. And with a final-hunt, a 'year's meat' could be had... ...All the area and region was covered by the L.A. Courts and Justice systems. Her C.J. instructor explained it many times in clinical and clerical-review that there was astonishing things about L.A. law-precepts. ...The current-judicial code was established 35-years ago in 1978, when with the court protocol, was changing. The drugs, corruption and issues went from crimes to social-trends. Then legislators started a long-road to repair-itself... And the decades that followed represented the face and proctor of revival and reform.

Prey took the call-from Stewart Blue, a medium-level assistant-prosecutor... In the call, he mentioned the typical eschelons, instigations and provisions, and then he laid it square-on her-shoulders... '...The judge has a new requiem-for us to meet'... ...'He wants the month's full-roster for up till now, on his desk by Monday, before the session.'. 'He wants you to work with the associate-Commissioner to get this done.'. ...Prey didn't waste any emotion she gave him stipulations of what he needed, per se her fulfillment of the request. ...'You'll have it to your superior, by morning...'. She hung-up and went to shower before dinner and then paperwork and further-deliberations. They'd had a discourse, for which both were installed and astute. ...With her new-contentions, she had the 'smarts' of what would result. Uncle Bo Jon had imparted a detective-'zeal' in their mutual-competence. Prey knew there were a few 'tricks' to the job. Just as connotations for purpose and deductions, were enacted on a higher-level...

She had it easy, to a 'point'; but the derivative individual-issues were intricate and superseded by many castigate-terms... Indeed, a wrong-call of implicitly, rectored-factors and you'd end-up down the 'wrong-road'... But civil-work, within the law, means the limits of a digest, were in an imparted and calculative-collusion. Law and legal-terms, had a way of relevancy and rationalizing, in the many factorings of the individual; independent-and legal-rules, rights and justifications... Over a young-lifetime, she learned what Bo had become officiate by an acumen, and came to excel... ...It was the wise old-sage and his-disciple... Prey spent nearly, every Summer with her uncle at Secato S. There were loads to do, but she had an adoring fascination with him, an adoration by identification. And Bo obliged-in giving his favorite-niece, what he had learned. ...From his youth-onward and inimitability of strength, stamina and logic; their native-creed, fell heavy-together. They were 'blood', and acute mind-aligners, the family thought they were spiritual-kin; allowed 'jost' to mix and intermingle as much as each desired. Bo Jon didn't have any children but had many 'conferers', inferrers and friends; which demonstrated he had the power and embodiment of a 'true-blood' father...

Prey demonstrated her love and values for an agility, learnedness and prized-bestowal of Bo's imminent-teachings, trusts and talents... The courts had espoused duty and pride in the conferring of a deeded-dedication, and professional-adorning... But for some, impact and impunity, were 'weak'-convocations... The many instrumental-laws of legal-assimilation were passed-over, due to money-murger, and manifest... ...Within the keen-'rules' of law, with an ever-quartered, effesiance of character and recourse... Each legal-dissemination, conduced and conjectured by the provisional-codes; which in legal-work was seminal and consigned to a evisceration of operates by the precipices that were by fostering and legal-standing... Within these 'pockets' of the pejoratives of law and litigation, was the legality and literal of certainty-lain... ...Her uncle would say: 'liberal, literal and liberate-standards...'-allowed for violators to be prosecuted, and promoted... There was more than 'adventure' in being an investigator but a possible portent logic-to advance and be understood...

Prey, chose litigation for the prospect and a precis to affect the criminal-element within the city; she chose to call home. The elements of Los Angeles City, crime and court-assignment meant one could carry-on for the better. The sun was going-down over the ocean... As Prey took a walk on Friday, the traffic was 'heavy' as much would become of a calm ocean-front evening. The waves came in as the shores darkened. By 8 pm, she was driving home to her apartment on the third-floor of a six-storey apartment-building. She unlocked the entrance-door and took the elevator. She had 30-sets of court work, homework and returned-them with the office-keys on weekends... Her hardwork illuminated how both work and being an associate required each other. ...An emulgate of mitigated-strengths and exonerate-aptitudes. By the two-days, she'd be well-on her way to progress and purported-examinations... Prey was somewhat of a 'whiz', at court work for an A+ college-student meant she knew how to carry court-cases forward. She was up till 11:30 pm completing prospectuses, criminal consignings so propagating, a court-precis was in a resounding. The attributive-efficiencies was impeccably assigned, conceived and an encompassing-effort.

Prey had it all under-control, what she and her-uncle were truly-excellent in what was the derivative-contingent work of detection and recovery... Court-work was a 'forte' but as physical case-work; in which she did nearly, as well. Three-days out of the week, CSI duty. Along with arrests and apprehensions... Installing the operate-contention of human