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His s in the way he looked at her, so in his eyes as he watched her--a suspicion almost--that made Violet’s breath catch

He was shoved froed to h his neck craned to keep Violet in his sights for as long as possible Violet didn’t breathe again until he was no longer near her

Until his ier visible or audible to her

Then she struggled to unravel the cobwebs that infiltrated herit hard for her to thinkto find theat all about her?

"Violet," Sara said, standing at the other end of the hallway, her startled expressionit clear she’d overheard what Ja yesterday?"

Violet frowned What did it ? How could her wardrobe choice possibly be relevant? "Jeans and a hoodie," Violet answered And then it came to herpainfully, brutally clear Her throat went dry as she looked down at the siain, her voice was just the ghost of a breath "I earing lanced up at Rafe, aiting for her while Sara filled out some paperwork and chatted with the ether in Sara’s black SUV within half an hour of leaving the jail

Now that she was here, Violet could feel her skin itching Already--even fro to herreaching out to herdrawing her to them

She had yet to determine whether any of those echoes matched the imprints carried by Janed to escort theeFrolass, Violet looked at the stainless steel tables, sinks, and cabinets Glaring overhead lights reflected off the polished silver surfaces, and she could practically taste thefrom all that steel in one place The oversized rooined that this here bodies were brought to be exans of foul play, to be scoured for clues and evidence Calling it a suite--of any kind--felt odd, considering it was cold and sterile, outfitted with scales, hoses, lights, and state-of-the-art caht it would look Only the na Violet or Rafe, the tech focused his attention solely on Sara as he gave her "the grand tour," leading them to where the bodies were stored Violet was too distracted trying to extricate one echo froht, and Rafe didn’t seem to care

He had fallen quiet on the ride over, and Violet was certain it had so to do with the object in his pocket Rafe hadn’t let it go since Sara had given it to him back at the jail

"So, what is that?" Violet finally whispered, curiosity getting the best of her

Rafe’s gazethat Sara gave you What is it?"

"Wouldn’t you like to know," he answered, teasing her like a little boy with a secret