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“See old cases,” Tiny said “By rewarding Burke, they give others an incentive to step forward There’re soers in there who know a lot of shit I think the SFPD would’ve fought this all the way to the governor, trying to get a pardon if they had to”

Obviously, it hadn’t been necessary to go that far Burke’s early release had been far easier to accomplish than David would’ve believed possible “But if he attacks again, he’ll know better than to leave his victiainst him He made that mistake once and it landed him in prison”

“Which was Chief Jordan’s argument”

“And?”

“He was told we can’t take every ‘ht’ into account or we’d never be able to do our jobs”

“Skye Kellerht’ that should matter!”

Tiny ran a hand over his bald head “She ht?”

As usual, Tiny’s voice was a low ru the subtle inflection He ignored it, as well as thetoo e to reconcile with his ex-wife

“I wouldn’t put it past Burke to seek her out—to take what he couldn’t get froe created by his oords made him sick

Tiny’s gaze remained steady “Neither would I”

“We have to do so”

“What? Unless we find the proof we’reon those old murders, or he commits another cri, laborious sigh “You want me to call her?”

David wished he could let Tiny deliver the news Or so he wanted to tell Skye But he refused to take the easy way out It had to be him “No, I’ll do it”

“You’re sure?”

“I’m sure” With a curse, he smacked the divider as Tiny left Tiny didn’t bother to look back He knew David too well, shared his frustration But several heads popped into the hall again

“What are you staring at?” David growled

Everyone disappeared, but inti his coworkers didn’tto tell Skye that the fear she faced daily—after surviving Burke’s attack—was about to get a lot worse?

Skye Kellerravel drive It was a coldmade her feel completely isolated Cut off from the rest of the world