Duncan, Joe, Haresh Clay, Carter Wellan and any dialogue from the Highlander episode, “The End of Innocence,” belong to Panzer/Davis Productions. Richie Ryan was adopted by Clan Denial because of character abuse, and any characters you don’t recognize belong to me. Spoiler warning for the fourth season episode, “Something Wicked,” and the fifth season episode “The End of Innocence.” Thanks to Rhoni Lake, with apologies for taking the words right out of her mouth (you know which ones). Also to my co-conspirator, Debbie Chilson, her niece, Missy, and all the Georges in my life, to my Clansibs in Denial, without whose inspiration this story would never have come to be, to my wonderfully exacting beta-reader, the incomparable, irreplaceable AC MacFru, and to Stan Kirsch, for making Richie “real.”

This was originally going to be the first installment in a series that would’ve ultimately ended with a) Richie not dying and b) a creative alternate resolution for the Game, but unfortunately for a variety of reasons that don’t bear going into, the rest just…never got written. So I apologize for the cliffhanger of sorts that this one ends on, but if it helps, things would’ve turned out all right in the end. 🙂

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six