17 July 21, 1971 . It was Phillip Billie’s sixth birthday. Jacob was seven years older than his brother. Both boy’s displayed effects of neglect. Trouble followed the elder son wherever he roamed. Phillip’s connection to his soul kept him seeking something greater than himself. It was a grand birthday his mother’d planned. Never had she gone to such lengths to recognize either son beyond their contribution to her self-absorbed existence. Both boys were instilled with basic life-skills....

16 1970 . Phillip Billie was five years old. He’d recently conceived self-awareness. Life’s purpose had yet to be defined for the youth. It would take decades for the second offspring of Victoria and Johnson Billie, Jr. to realize he’d been left to seek meaning without parental guidance. Jacob was the couple’s first born son; a source of pride. The boy’d come along when both were teenagers. A fact that hindered the oldest son’s development. Phillip never knew his paternal grandfather. He...

15 May 17, 1963 . A decade and a half of faithful service to the Germans offered Harry Northrup the ability to move about town with impunity. It wasn’t necessary to capture and control entire police forces; only those possessing lofty positions within institutions. It was those men who quashed investigations targeting members of the local cabal. Prosecutors, priests, and politicians, cloaking unnatural cravings for flesh, had been identified and compromised. The bargain was one with the...