another, no matter the situation. To this day, that agreement held between the three of us. I was nineteen when I'd begun considering the field of crime scene investigating, and as Brice had alread

d though I couldn't stop the scenes the killer gave me, I had decided I sure as hel

leaving my mouth, the headache hit, and gripping my head in my hands, I fought the oncoming vision. But it was useless. Over the next few minutes, I watched another grueso

mured, "We need to talk. But n

d in my dir

tered, "Trust me, okay?

're right, and there is a new victim. Where do you propose we start looking, Ryle

isions was going to go over re

snapped, "P

looked at me again. "

I muttered,

he fished out his cell phone from his sh

snapped, "Yes, Brice, Preston R

his phone clutched in his hand, he finally murmured

ose in exasperation, I mutt

ore, he just gaz

ed breath. "Does it

ugged, then as

asked, "How

a bitch been giving you vi

Um, not quite sure of what

're telepathic, Rylee. I just want to know

lly muttered, "I don't wann

a non-commi

ide window. How was it he knew? It

want to talk about it, I couldn't help myself. "What makes you think I'v

is, huh?" Then the side of his m

ld say. I hadn't ev

m the road. "So, we talkin'

eath, I considered h

e nodded. "Suit yourself. But

raight ahea

he how of it, will you at least tell

ld be stained, I don't know. She was hanging by something, maybe a gambrel? And he'd split her from pelvis to sternum, but oddly, I didn't see any blood." Pausing, I thought for a minute. "Tha

ned silent, but when my words trailed

a slo

ming up on Preston now. Start looking for a gray house.

lmost every house on the block was the same gray color.

Brice

only nod

phone, he looked at me. "I'll tell them...so

set up, and had begun instructing agents and

en the okay to begin the search. The plan was to go

the man who stood next to me. "Courtney, I want you up her ass

ce looked at me again.

y lips. "Not my fir

d I went house to house, searching and adjusting the strap

unit clearing their assigned houses through my headset, and with each clearing, I felt my tension rising. What if this was

heard the call come that a team had located a body. Partly relieved, part

who had begun gathering in the front yard. As we got nearer the house, I heard Brice ba

eflies as their owners recorded. People were curious, and it wasn't unusual to see crowds gathering around the crime scenes, bu

illed a large portion of the room's floor plan. Appealing paintings dotted the walls, enhancing the room's atmosphere. The wood that made up the floor lay beneath a deep-pile white carpet-white? Oh my God-and, a real-wood coffee table sat in front of the couch,

Okay, as of right now, this is my and Agent Rowland's investigation. I would apprec

arator, had been applied to her sternum. With the bone peeled back, I could see where her lungs, heart, and other organs should have been. However, her insides were completely clean, and her entr