outside of the male dominated police force in which she has thanklessly toiled for years. Each of these women has been emancipated, and they seek to protect Cassandra from the cowardly violence of patriarchy – the violence they themselves have had to endure for a lifetime. They each want something better for the next generation, so they make their final stand against faceless men.

The routes that each of them have taken to reach this point could not be more different, though each is threaded with the idea of duality. For Harley, she is constantly faced with decisions about which path she should take. Should she align herself with a new alpha male, or commit to real independence and risk her life? Should she let Sionis murder the child to retrieve the diamond, or fight to save her life? Being a vil...

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