Renee greeted the Captain, who was tall and well built, with dark brown hair and sharp features. "Welcome to the Santa Fe Pack. I am Alpha Renee Johnson." She gestured up towards the cave started to walk back up the trail with them. "Colonel, what do you mean he is assigned to our case?"

"Well, you wouldn't believe what a clusterfuck it has become to give you your stuff back. Under the laws at the time, the Government was able to seize land, property and monies once identified as belonging to enemy combatants. Once it was taken, it tended to disappear. Land could be sold or absorbed into other government...