The detective squad room was quieter than usual, save for the occasional ringing phone and the hum of conversations from nearby desks. "We have a new witness? That's great news, Chief. I'll stop by as soon as possible. Thank you." Ren set down the phone on his desk and took a moment to process what he'd just heard. A new witness had come forward regarding his father's alleged crime. For the first time in a long while, he felt hopeful.

"Do I get to know why we are celebrating or no?"

"Okay, this is...this is overwhelming." Grace said to herself with a laugh as she stood in Times Square. She was walking around the city and trying to get used to where she'd be living from now on. It was a change from Massachusettes to here, but change was something she was used to, and it wasn't something she couldn't handle.

"You don't need to apologize." Cassian promised her. "I'm a big guy, people either run from me or run into me. There is no in between." He chuckled and looked at her. "I'm Cassian." He introduced himself.

It had been a few weeks since her secret had been revelaed and honesstly, she didn't care. She felt more free than she had in a long time. She was sitting at a cafe and reading a book when someone came up to her and sat down across from her. "Uh, hi." She said and looked at them. "How are you?" @ggstarterblog

" Yeah, I felt them surge over yesterday. I scared myself and I'm pretty sure I scared the guy in front of me." she shrugged.

"I have a love/hate relationship with all the promos I get to do for all my upcoming projects, but I am so tired right now, I just want to sleep for a week." @ggstarterblog

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"so my parents were over my house this weekend and my mom brought a box of some of my childhood stuff, this woman, brought my entire american doll girl collection. when i tell you, i felt like i was five again, it was such a fun feeling." esme laughed. "anyways, how was your weekend?" @ggstarterblog

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“Tell me about your weekend?” Maeve asked her friend before she munched on a few of the fries she had ordered with her lunch. “I feel like we havent had a lot of time to just sit and talk lately. Its been very go go go.” @ggstarterblog

"Because I feel weak sometimes and I want to be able to protect Skylar, I know I won't always win, but I want to be trained."

"i'm glad to see you too." mor smiled and returned the hug. she let go of him and her smile grew. "about everything? cassian, we're in a world that is vastly different from ours in like a million different ways, but i can't actually complain, i think i'm adjusting well here. how about you?"

sofia nodded as she listened to cassian. "i just...i thought coming to new york was going to be a good espace, but i feel like i was wrong, but i love my life here and i don't want my life to be dictated by my ex fiance and his life."

pope didn't know cassian well, but he could tell that the subject of parents was a touchy one for him and he'd probably want a change of subject soon. "i won't and i try not to." he promised him and cleared his throat. "so uh, so how are you adjusting to manhattan? is it a lot different from where you're from?"

" I think it was a portal and I don't think it's going to open very soon... It brought you, Mor, Me and I'm pretty sure, Tamlin." she shrugged. " I miss Rhys, I miss home....it's been a year." Feyre shook her head on a verge of tears but took a deep breath and looked at Cas. " I can't change to fly either."

"Where we ride dragons." Garrick answered with a chuckle. "I mean, dragon riders are a bunch of pervy people, but to be fair, one day you're alive, the next you're not, so you gotta fuck when you can and live life to the fullest."

Belle gave him a thin smile, the kind that didn't quite reach her eyes. "You know, it's cute that we're talking about your wings..." She said dryly, nose wrinkling for a second. "But I need you to get serious." Her gaze flicked over him, assessing. "It's about protecting our species, if that's what they call it. You know we can't risk exposure. I'm just asking if you have noticed anything weird or any supernatural threats."