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h terrifying speed; William

emergency room entrance. Yellow crime scene tape snapped viol

lent sentinel watching the

lood. They were scourin

no-nonsense ponytail, was kneeling exactly where

the sickening sound of metal scrap

pen

ways wore. It held a tiny chip of the same ruby, a leftover shard from when Benedict had

d off when I

ily missed deep in the

loor with a UV light. She was movin

flaring in my chest.

tiny spot of silver and red. I could not tou

lly. I focused on the inv

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thm of her work breaking. She tilted her head

d her li

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" her partner aske

nt. It was a piece of silver setti

id, her voice muffled by her

idence bag. She held i

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of triumph that

stigator

m exactly where the witness said she was. And if the fra

he hospital doors,

e got

s office on the third floor. I knew he

whispered

rn. Let i