Chapter Nineteen Garth missed living next to Erik. He’d been convinced from the first time he met the detective that he’d be a player in major events. Garth had a nose for understanding influence and the big picture. He’d applied that to communications systems and work, but it also helped him understand much more complicated and important real-life networks. The subsequent rise of the Obsidian Detective and Lady Justice had confirmed Garth’s instincts. As spectacular as their work in the department had been, he knew there was something more going on, especially after Erik’s retirement from the police department. It smelled of trouble, and the man who had been his neighbor couldn’t be working for the bad guys. There were conspiracies that corrupted the world, and Garth was close to und