Post-Requiem: Peter Caine's first week as a Shaolin priest after Caine left.

Peter's job is full of violence and danger, just how dangerous is about to be found out and it might cost someone near and dear their life. 

This story is part of a trilogy,  Pawns and Prodigal Son round up the trilogy.

As one journey ends, another begins.

Peter and Sandra Mason find themselves talking 'off the record'.

Summary: Timeframe: immediately following the events of ‘Retribution'. Paul Blaisdell must now leave his family, his friends and his life as a police officer to battle his demons; or at least that is what he has told them. It has been a difficult departure, as he has had to say goodbye to those he loves...including a man he has called a close friend for over twenty-three years, and a man that despite the cold steel of his ex-mercenary façade, is having perhaps the hardest time accepting his departure...and the final goodbye that must be said between them... Part of the "Ties that Bind" series -- This story can stand on its own, however, parts of it are referred to in the story "A Moment of Truth."