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Although Brett hardly needed an alibi--for the reason I’d already explained to Patricia nu one

The ue that Saira could be in on it too, since she was a olf--but with both Saira and I glaring at them, they sheathed their weapons and backed off

"Go back to your ho the within a mile of his cave, you will answer to Derek Novak personally"

That made them pay attention The blood drained frohed, looking back at Saira

"Thank you for defending hientle a soul than any of those huuessed as much," I said

"He has a phobia of violence Wouldn’t crack a person’s skull even if you begged hire "I should know When we first accepted him as a ht he’d be useful helping us defend our ship… What did he do the first ti? He abandoned his post and went squealing below deck The whole lot of us almost lost our damn lives because of it After that, we trusted hi"

She sre, she nuzzled her head against his arm Still, he refused to raise his head

"It’s okay, sweetie," she said "You can look up now"

There was a pause

"Are theher eyes at ain, Brett," I reassured hi his heavy shoulder

Saira reoodbye to both of them and left the cave It was ti outside the entrance as I e over the bodies She looked up at ly

"Take the bodies to the Sanctuary and, with the help of the other witches, start your examination Report back to ress"

She nodded and, since she appeared to have no further questions, I took my leave I ran across the boulders toward the beach and back into the forest The events of the day replayed in my mind as I traveled

Well, so far all we’ve done is establish who is not the killer

But who on earth is?