Vigilante: Killers Among

By S.E. Green

She's not evil, but she has certain. . . urges.

 

Lane is a typical college student. Loving family. Good grades. Internship at the local animal hospital. Martial arts enthusiast. But her secret obsession is studying serial killers. She understands them, knows what makes them tick.

 

Why? 

 

Because she is one, too.

 

Everyone has a dark side...

 

(Publisher's Note: This is a short story from Killers Among where Lane targets a pedophile)

• Language: English
• Publisher: SEG Publishing
• Release date: Oct 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386285984

S.E. Green

S.E. Green was raised in Tennessee but now calls North Florida home. Killer Instinct is her debut young adult thriller series. Find her at SEGreen.net or on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram under SEGreenAuthor.

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One

Mr. Oily Nose

After my shift at the vet clinic, I pull up outside the Youth Center where my younger brother, Justin, attends summer camp. I park in an available spot and tug up the emergency brake. As I tie my red curls into a quick ponytail, I glance at the time. I’ve got about an hour before I have to be on campus for my first college class.

Plenty of time.

As I’m climbing out, I catch sight of a man sitting at a picnic table tucked under the trees.

Looking like a dad in jeans, T-shirt, flip-flops, and baseball cap, he sits alone. With his feet planted on the ground and his arms propped atop the table, he holds a phone in his hands. To any onlooker, he’s seemingly looking at the screen, possibly scrolling Facebook, Instagram, or the like.

My senses prick to instant alert.

I follow his line of sight and the direction his phone points all the way across the grass and over to the playground attached to the Youth Center. The playground where the kindergarten and first grade students currently play.

Son of a bitch.

I leap from the Jeep, slam my door shut, and march straight toward