MY short story for the S&S writing competition, The desert love

S&S monthly writing competition

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Parameters
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Genre: Mystery/Noir
Thematic Prompt: Desert

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The Desert love

It was day 2 the old grizzled detective hiding his face around the beating heat of the sun was tracking rather faded footsteps within the deserts and leaning up a dune the tire marks had ended just over 4 hours ago or 10 miles away there were still some distance from the other countries border but he knew he was close on their tail.

when he initially took this case he was intrigued by the apparent disappearance of the Saudi Arabian Prince it seemed to have all the trademarks of a typical ransom note 5 million in disposable currency to be delivered to an undisclosed location in 24 hours time with the successful release of the dear Prince to His beloved family within the Royal Courts but what intrigued they detective about this whole case was even after the money was delivered nothing happened.

and what was even more peculiar was the money wasn't taken it just remained in the drop site for several hours until some random hobo picks it up and thought it was his lucky day and after 12 hours of intense police interrogation was indicated had nothing to do with it the only lead the detective had was rumors of a coyote running with a single immigrant towards the borders no it wasn't uncommon for immigrants to move in masses across the desert in such a way but never just one at once there was no profit in it there was no means of ascertaining it as one would never be enough to interest these coyote gangs.

this lead it led me towards the desert itself searing hot with over 500 miles of sand and not much else but the detective was getting close to what he was looking for as he followed the trail which used to be a quad bike now seemingly on foot. the footsteps were very close page to each other but not like one was leading the other it felt more like one was carrying the other there was no indication of injury no blood no limping but there were very close together like they were mounted they were bound to each other carrying each other's weight in unity of alliance and again with coyote gangs this bear no resemblance as many people have been abandoned in the desert when they've proven their usefulness was no longer attend nor their means of profit would not be satisfied by the helping hands at the gave.

It was getting close to dark again and you could see the billowing smoke in the background the detective knew better than to travel at night and had already prepared camp in a lotion of this he knew he was close to his quarry but did not give the illusion of resembling any sort of indication to them he wanted it to be a surprise he wanted this mystery to be solved with his own eyes. He didn't care about the money at this point he wanted to know why the young Prince had run away because at this point it had been very clear he had not been kidnapped.

The detective woke in the morning bloodied curdling scream, and with his bearings, he mounted back on his quad bike and rushed towards the destination up the sound there he saw two men one he identified as the Prince and the other a young man in mid-20s not like a coyote in any way shape or form but rather a meek man holding Packer pack of wild wolves with nothing but a machete in his hand bloodied but not holding any quarter and not giving any ground.

bang the sound ricochet did for miles as the gunshot was fired in the air the wolf scattered as quickly as they'd come to both men bloodied put very much alive and after seeing the detective the young Prince fell behind his or is it captor and as the detective comes closer with gun raised to the captor he heard the faint words from the young Prince in broken English please don't hurt my love.

Now it made sense to the veteran detective why the money hadn't been picked up why the ransom had been issued to buy time to escape to buy time to allow their love to progress in a place where their love is condemnable by death. all the while the detective still had his gun raised he simply asked the question where

I I I don't know we don't know where just anywhere but here.

The detective picked up a handkerchief pulling up the blood that had been displayed on the left with the young Prince. and with a sigh stated go now run. the blank look displayed on both men's faces and for a moment the young couple were unsure of what to do next, RUN attempted to display louder this shook them and it darted off in the other direction as quick as their feet could take them. the veteran detective put the handkerchief In a bag I'm pulled out a giant novelty phone ringing one number as soon as the phone answered he responded target dad DNA confirmation confirmed.

the voice on the other line stated “my brother is dead?!” the detective replied just get me a ride out of this God dam desert. The detective hung up took a swig from his canteen and how does smirk smile on his face. the day was a good day but then again any day you get paid for doing the right thing is always going to be a good day in the desert of mystery.

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Hey, thanks for the submission! Don't forget to link your post in a comment under the original announcement post to be eligible for winnings. I only saw this because of how Engage recognized the link as a "mention"!

that was lucky and it is there now :)

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Haha, thank you! Best of luck!

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