orescent lights overhead hummed with a headache-inducing frequency

s. She had given her statement. The officers were impressed, but suspicious. A woma

in separately to provide a witness account. He stood in a bubble of silence; the chaos of t

de. He had simply observed her with those cold, gre

ptain, he turned. He walked toward the e

pau

re imposing. But she also saw the tension

inct, Elias said. It wasn't a c

city, Aurora repli

rifted to her face. He seemed to be searching for som

nd trembling slightly. It was a microscopic

aw the way his pupils were slightly unequal in reaction to the harsh li

remor, she said softly. "And the mig

his cufflink. His eyes sharpened

use

rby officers would not hear. "It's systemic inflammation triggering a neural spike.

ad seen the best specialists in Switzerland. None of them

manded, his voice

d up, picking up her suitcase. "Try m

e walked toward the exit, her heels

he pain in his head throbbed, a b

t his side. "The

y. He watched the automatic

, Elia

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ll dossier. Where she was born, what s

Did you ge

, testing the weight o

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