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Detective Grant
Author: Brownybrown
last update2025-01-26 19:03:01

Beverly town homicide detective Lena Grant pulled up from her car in front of the umbra mountain and knew right away that it was going to be a long day.

She had seen reporters at crime scenes before but never this loud and crowded. There were different agencies waiting outside the mountain and fighting amongst themselves to get through the detectives.

"Detective Grant!"

The reporters yelled as she made her way through the crowd with her detectives. At age 37, Lena was used to pushing her way through this kind of crowd but this time around, it was not easy. The reporters knew it was a huge story, and wanted to be the first to cover it. After all, it was not everyday you came across stories like this in Beverly town.

"Ah. This is going to be bad." Lena said to herself as she made her way through the crowd. They had gotten a tip from an anonymous source about the location of Umbra and a possible fight breaking out amongst ability users. And since there were no Authorities in Beverly tow
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