Page 59 (1/1)

"Yes" The bitterness in Spade's voice was clear despite the sounds of a shower turning on "I left it for Denise in case of an eency"

Sarah used it to cart away Francine and Lisa instead, probably stuffing the them If she really wanted to ensure a smooth ride, she'd have bashed the about it made me want to bash my own head in frustration Froh to be far away by now Sarah probably put her plan into action shortly after Spade left tothat would give us a clue as to where she was taking the me crazy I left the ruined bedroo for trash cans Please let Sarah be stupid enough to have jotted down incri, then thrown it away

"I'hts, Crispin," I heard Ian say

"They were scattered, unstable, and frequently incoherent I thought it was because of Kramer's abuse, not malicious intentions," was Bones's measured reply "Believe me, I wish I'd paid closer attention"

Me too, but the brief ti That made her scream mentally and verbally-not much coherency there Then while aited for Spade, she'd only shown a fear of vampires-understandable ninety-nine percent of the time with people who had just found out about their existence-and a desire toabout herpart of this whole situation was the knowledge that if Sarah was Kramer's accomplice, not his third intended victim, that woman was still out there As if in pitiless re out, I passed a clock on ,it officially October 31 Halloas upon us, and we'd been the ones tricked all over the place

"One of us should fly over the area to see if we can spot the car while the others stay here and search for clues," I stated, heading for the trash can in the corner "Soht have daed her phone after she sent that last text, and there's still a third victim to be found Maybe Elisabeth's noticed another wo around-"

"I knoho the third woman is," Bones stated

That stoppedout wadded-up bits of food, paper, and packages from the kitchen trash can He came down the stairs, his expression frozen into beautifully sculpted, unyielding planes

"You do? How? Who is she?"

That dark brown gaze didn't waver despite the babble of questions I lobbed at him "It's you, Kitten"

"Me?" I blurted in disbelief All activity upstairs ground to a halt from the sudden silence "It's not me Why would you even think-"

"You're the only one who fits," he cut me off "Who else has Kramer fixated on these past several weeks? You He followed you around even before he kneere setting a trap for hi you first except the one ti you, and he tried to kill me for it The time fraht when Francine and Lisa said he started toredies like they have You've been staying in the Sioux City area He even had Sarah try to hang your cat! Why would he do that unless he considered Helsing to be your familiar as he did with Lisa's and Francine's cats?"

"He knows ani at all the points Bones brought up

"Sarah didn't do a thing to Dexter, did she?" he noted "You fit Krale But he has a plan to separate you fro you noon't allow it to happen"

I scoffed to cover the realization snaking throughBones saidI'd done when I met Kramer? Told him I had witchcraft in my veins and sicced a bunch of Re other choice names, and talked about hoould burn, but I'd brushed that off asKraless

I'd been so sure I'd beat him because he'd vastly underestimated me Looked like I'd been the one to vastly underestian, then the final realization hitto him alone, I could save Francine and Lisa

Bones's sht, luv, which is why I expect it won't be long until you're visited by a ghost"

Ian left the house to do a flyover of the surrounding areas on the off chance that Sarah was duh to park Spade's car where it could be seen Spade stayed upstairs with Denise, cleaning her up and accelerating her healing by giving her so aler weak or thready Bones was on Spade's laptop, hacking into every account of Sarah's he could find to see if she owned or rented any other properties where she ht have taken Francine and Lisa We could hope she'd been that duhost had proven to be more than clever, and there were so many empty, abandoned places they could use that wouldn't leave a trail leading back to Sarah, it would be ahiding underneath the family room couch, flattened out to fit in the narrow space I had to lift it for hi him onto my lap He hissed if my hand brushed his neck when I petted hi Or both Dexter stayed byto ju paws

Tyler and my mother were on their way over No need for them to wait until later anymore Bones fitted the broken front door back over the space, using nails to hold it in place since the hinges were da would have to use the back door Sage burned softly in every roo Even so, Kra us froh the closed bedrooe that we had to keep refilling and relighting When I heard rustling outside that wasn't caused by the wind or the natural sounds of wildlife, I wasn't surprised I eased my kitty off my lap, careful not to jostle hih treatle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">