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"By the time I called the Atlanta PD," Grace continued, "they&039;d already heard froht" Grace pulled out a notepad "I need to ask you a few questions"

I&039;d been staring out thetrying to process what she&039;d just said I jerked "

"Now you&039;ll make a statement"

"You think I lied? You think I" I paused "What do you think?"

"Personally, I think Logan knew you were going to press charges and ran"

"Why would he do that? It uilty, Claire"

"He doesn&039;t think he is He actually believes I owed him sex"

"They all do," Grace said drily "But most of them don&039;t force the issue"

"I still don&039;t think he&039;d run Not yet"

Grace shrugged "Doesn&039;t really ht now I need to know exactly what happened at your house froht"

I told her, not stopping until I reached the part where I walked into her office and she showed ot into his car and drove away?"

"That&039;s what he said"

"You didn&039;t see it yourself"

"No"

"Mht could have done so with hiuy"

My eyes widened "You just skipped fro to murdered"

"I&039;m funny that way"

"Grace, you can&039;t actually think Malachi killed Josh"

"I think all sorts of things until I&039;"

"He wouldn&039;t - "

"You barely know him, Claire" Grace shuffled her papers impatiently "You have no idea what he&039;s capable of"

She was right, so I changed the subject "What happened this ?"

"Yes"

"I love it when you give one-word answers Gets ly"

She scowled and slappedto tell We went into the woods, traipsed around for hours, and found absolutely nothing No wolf, no tracks, no ns of a cao on for , really wants to hide, and kno"

Her voice trailed off, but I heard what she wasn&039;t saying We could look for years and never find the , just before the sun came up, I heard wolves"

"Plural?" Grace asked

"Yeah"

"Fuck"

"Mmm"

"Could you tell where they were?"

I shook my head "When the sun broke over the mountains, they went silent - bam - mid-howl It was kind of spooky"

"I like this less and less every day"

We reht happen with ood

"Did you see Balthazar in the woods?" I asked

Grace frowned "No Why?"

"Weasel-faced guy at the Gazette said he went after you to get a story"

"Never saw hiot eaten by the wildlife"

"Grace!"

"It could happen"

The rest of the day passed quickly, and when dusk arrived I foundtoward Lunar Lake

Only one bouncer - the dark burly ht Since the crowd appeared even larger than the one on the previous evening, I wondered why the powers that be - Mal - had decided less waswith it came the wooden chip with the swastika I set the talish the set that?"

I glanced up to find the ticket taker&039;s gaze had fallen on the alish with an Irish accent that wasn&039;t half as char as Mal&039;s - probably because of the per his face

"It was found near here"

"That&039;s powerful Roers tried to reach beneath the bars and snatch it, but I got there first "A gadje should never touch that!"

The bouncer turned towardup fast

"W-why?" I uy said "Give it to me"

"Uh, no" Grace would have arth," he said, and the big man moved forward I turned to run and s on?" he derrr The old ot a rune"

Malachi jerked his head at the ticket seller, who scuttled behind the iron bars before he turned to Hogarth "Don&039;t you have a show to do?"

The bouncer lu in my direction I didn&039;t like his eyes They were small, dark, and a little wild

"May I see it?" Mal asked

I handed hi

"Is it yours?" I blurted

His eyebrows shot up "Mine? No"

"Your ic"

"This is an Icelandic rune"

Icelandic, which in of the swastika But - "Why would an Icelandic rune be used in Roic Not in the way you think My people consider good luck a type of ood-luck charm?"

"Yes Roms have taken for their own h This is one of theh Fruit trees are seen as giving life; they bear fruit A bit of their trunk, a little red paint - "