A Thin Dark Line

PROLOGUE

"Red is the color of violent death. Red is the color of strong feelings -love, passion, greed, anger, hatred. Emotions-better not to have them. Luckier not to have them. Love, Passion, Greed, Anger, Hatred.

The feelings pull one another in a circle. Faster, harder, blurring into violence. I had no power over it. Love, Passion, Greed, Anger, Hatred. The words pulsed in my head every time I plunged the knife into her body.

Hatred, Anger, Greed, Passion, Love, The line between them is thin and red. "