A tag expansion for “Return of the Shadow Assassin,” written for the Sunday Challenge prompt.

After the Chi’Ru threat passes, Peter stands beside Caine in Chinatown and hears the one word he wants most: stay. Believing it is another matter.

A tag expansion for “Return of the Shadow Assassin,” written for the Sunday Challenge prompt.

After the Chi’Ru threat passes, Peter stands beside Caine in Chinatown and hears the one word he wants most: stay. Believing it is another matter.

Donny Double-D comes into possession of a cursed monkey's paw. He turns to Peter for help, but Peter's got problems of his own-- the Shadow Assassin's been murdered, Kermit's getting death threats, and the author Everett Cooper is back in town--and in danger. Is the Chi Ru master the perpetrator, or is a third Shadow Assassin involved? Why is it that every wish Peter makes brings disastrous results? Will Donny Double-D ever be the same?

Missing scene from "Return of the Shadow Assassin". Kermit has a talk with Paul in the hospital room.

After six months of wandering on his own, Kwai Chang Caine is back in Peter’s life. But when he drops in to reestablish ties with a friend - - his son’s foster mama - - he gets an unexpected earful that wakes him up to the meaning of parental responsibility.