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"Why don’t you go up and check? He ht still be awake"

"You think?"

"He’s not the type to leave anything unsaid," Thor told hiht Thanks"

Jed headed for the stairs

Christina tossed and turned

It was happening again

She was in agony fros that had been done to her, and she sed, choking down her tears The ain, she knew, but that wasn’t as bad as knowing that her ti away She read the papers She knew Once they were taken, the victims had only a few days left And then…

She tried to screa

And then it wasn’t

Jed never made it to Ada down the hallway, throwing open her door

She was sitting up in the bed, but she didn’t see

He rushed to her side Shook her Sat beside her and drew her against him "Christina? It’s me Jed Christina!"

By then Thor, Genevieve and Ada around the bed, looking concerned

"Christina?" Jed said again

She shuddered, cried out, then buried her face against his chest

"What is it?" Jed asked

"He…he has soht now," she whispered "I’m sure of it When I dream, I’m…her I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true He has a wo to die"

Ada her hands "What does she see?" he asked gently

"Nothing It’s dark She’s blindfolded And she can’t cry out, because she’s gagged"

Jed inhaled and held his breath What she was clai Christina wasn’t lying He would stake his life on that Whether what she had seen was a drea more didn’t really matter To her, it had been real

"And they were all here tonight…" Adam murmured

"What?" Jed demanded

"Adam thinks Beau appeared because someone in the house is the killer," Thor explained

"That’s ridiculous!" Christina exclai about Ana, and Mike and Dan Or irlfriend It’s impossible There has to be another explanation"

"There could be, of course," Adaiant neon sign

"Dan," he ly He hated to think it, but Dan was an actor, used to pretending to be someone he wasn’t, and he’d known one of the recent victi

"What?" Christina denantly

She was furious, and he knew it He should have seen it co, in fact Christina was fiercely and understandably loyal to her only living relatives

She leapt out of bed "That’s the o see hiht now and he can tell you so himself"

A few minutes later, all five of them went downstairs and headed for Jed’s sedan Killer followed, barking and running around their feet

"I’ll lock hied him and talked to him on the way back to the house, but she was firroup she turned to Jed and said challengingly, "Are you sure you don’t want to knock ona ht, why not?" Jed said equably, and together they walked over to Tony’s door He could al from her He had attacked her fa as forgiveness

She knocked at the door of Tony’s sprawling ranch All the ere dark, but in a few seconds they heard a sleepy voice asking as going on, and Tony opened the door He earing a robe, which he had apparently thrown on quickly, since it was inside out, and his hair was tousled

"Sorry, Tony, you were sleeping, I take it?" Christina said

"Um…yeah" He was only half awake, but he still tried to offer a s, "What is it, Tony?" She, too, earing a robe, and she was yawning

Jed thought he could hear a television from somewhere deep in the house They must have fallen asleep in front of the bedroom TV

"I don’t know," Tony told her, then turned to Jed and Christina "What’s up?"

"We’re just checking to ot home safely," Christina lied

"U to someone asn’t quite there uys ot into her house okay?" Jed asked

"Dan walked her hory as she wanted, Jed thought, but he wasn’t taking any chances He turned, leaving her to say good-night, and he was running by the tied the door hard

He heard what sounded like a screaot ready to break down the door, but in the end he didn’t need to There was a flurry of footsteps and the door was flung open, revealing Ana, in paja up behind hi here?" Ana asked