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nd it seemed our bond was about to become even tighter seeing as we were about to work on yet another assignment together. We'd gone out for drinks to celebrate the success of our mission

of those

d her cold and arrogant twin brother. Even after six years I was finding it extremely hard to get over the fact that our entire friendship had been built on such a huge

ea how she had been able to stomach

a reminder from Kathryn, our bioengineer slash tech chick, reminding us of the briefing I had fixed for the team later in the d

folded it neatly into my duffel bag. I heard crackling behind me as she ripped open the bag of chips she'd come with and began digging into them. "What

ng to be extremely awkward as it was and I sure as hell didn't need it to be even more awkward because what exactly had that been abou

ds. Even his domineering and arrogant persona had somehow contributed in making him appear so. . . tempting. The only thing that hadn't changed had been the hard look in

im intriguing was comple

round and not a full grown teenager. I shook my head, dispelling the memories of that night. I didn't want to think about it. Ever. I shrugged my shoulders, dragging my mind to

ind of reaction out of me. "Stay clear, huh?" She repeated. "Might be kind of difficult with you living in Grayso

cking up my toiletries. We still had a day left before we had to move to Grayson's pack but I wanted to make sure that I left nothing that I was going to need. The la

ed in getting to

r to explain exactly what she meant by 'huh'. Except I wasn't sure I had it in me to ask so I just let it slide. "I'm going to pop open

hat there's any

he door before I coul

*

a tablet in her hand, her hair tied neatly in a ponytail. It was just only a shade or two lighter than Josie's. I gave her a nod in affirma

Exactly sixteen deaths within two weeks. I shifted my attention to Josie, knowing if anyone could get us s

n together in thought. "The deaths are so. . .random." She finally completed. "It's like this guy has no MO. Their age differences are extremely wide. Same as their height differences, their r

anybody he

hatever it was he was doing to finish them off could work for anyone. There was no time or cause of death stated on any of the victim's files but that was because they could

lf?" Kathryn asked h

ybe not." She responded vaguely. "I think we'd have to at least figure out the times and causes or cause of dea

e could b

n for a little bit. I mean, it was possible that it was just one person behind the killings. But I also couldn't

urs. "Our first line of action would be to get autopsies done on all eighteen of the victims." I informed them. "Lexi and I sh

the victims' families. Everything we need to know about them is in this file." I stated, distributing a second blue file to all of them. Jus

t we'll give it our best. We'll get as much information as we can, check if maybe there's a common enemy, foll

my hair behind my ear, I split my attention between Kathryn and her. "That's wonderful." I told her. "But I also think we should all be involved with that at som

ed you to come up with some kind of timetable. You and Kathryn do most of the visits

to it." Sh

or had informed me that he'd finally retired from work only weeks ago to spend some time with his grandkids after his line of work had kept him away from family for so long. "I hate that you're supposed to be enjoy

ll help them tighten the pack's security and be your eyes and ears." I smiled at him, grateful that he'd agreed to it and even seemed to be looking forward to getting in touch with those people. It

o finally pay a long ov