This is "printer's devilry," where a "hidden word" has been deleted across word boundaries. You're supposed to try to make the resulting sentence basically grammatical, but I am not experienced in these things and I'm supposed to be making A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY:
- Alia guesstimates that in her park, at least one murder has been committed on every aCRE, A TErm which refers to an area of 66 by 660 feet.
- "I don't know why there are so many mysterious murders!" she explains. "Like I tell my stylist at my salON, I ONly was supposed to be there to make people keep their garbage safe from bears and that kind of thing."
- But, although it's not officially part of her duties, Alia has decided to deVOTE Spending much of her free time (and some of her on-the-clock time) to investigating these mysteries.
- "The real police don't mind. Some parts of Cozy Pines aren't technically inside their jurisdiction, and the cops don't want to get nEAR THose tricky cases and all the paperwork they'd entail."
- Alia's fellow ranger Teondis Wise, who has a not-so-secret crush on her, ofTEN THought about the two of them opening a private detective's office. But he never said anything out loud!
- Alia and Teondis have a habit of getting super flirty, almost kissing, thEN ACTing like they have important work to do on opposite sides of the ranger office.
- Whether their romantic chemistry can overpower the omnipresent stench of murDER, I DEmur to say. But I'll watch it for six or seven seasons.
The initials of the hidden words CREATE, ONION, VOTES, EARTH, TENTH, ENACT, and DERIDE spell COVETED and that's the answer.
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