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It was a mistake--or would have been, if she’d had any interest in getting an early start on the day

She loved to shower

She loved it so ain, slick with soap, luxuriating in the suds and water and stea around the on the door to the bedroom

Fiona swore softly

"It’s Caitlin, I’m sure of it, and she doesn’t accept the fact that we’re together," Fiona told hier in the bathroom and, wrapped in her towel, hurried to open her bedroom door

It wasn’t Caitlin It was Shauna

Her face hite, her expression tense

"It’s on the news There’s been another ain, the corpse had been found in a cemetery just outside the French Quarter, no ID anywhere to be found

The dead wo around her face Her flesh was cold, her skin as white as snow

She was lying on a tomb in the middle of a family vault--the Taussant vault, this time Her hands were folded over her chest

She looked like an angel

Jagger h to find the telltale pricks, so s Deould notice This tiular vein

The kill had probably been quick; thatthere, staring at the corpse, when Dealked in The ME was silent for a el," he said softly

"Well, I’ his head "And we don’t know anything about this woest bitch in the city, for all we know"

"I haven’t touched her yet, but I can tell you the cause of death is going to be the saet this one straight into autopsy"

Jagger nodded, feeling ill Another death It was on his head He should have caught the killer by now

"Thanks, Dewey," he said "The sooner we check her prints, compare dental records, the sooner we’ll knoho she is"

"I’ll get right on it," Dewey said "I won’t leave her for a er asked

"Sure"

The girl was dead, but even so, Jagger turned ahile the ave the body a cursory examination and checked the corpse’s te I’d say she was killed around five this ht," Dewey told hi to er said "Thanks, Dewey"

"I’ll be opening her up in about two hours, if you want to er walked outside

He’d searched the tomb and the cordoned-off area around it The killer hadn’t left behind a single clue

He looked across the ce to comb the cemetery for footprints, for any sht have left behind

He already knew they weren’t going to find anything

"DeFarge, I would have thought you’d have put a stop to this by now," she said "You know, the city will rise up in a panic soon Maybe they already are"

"Thank you, Celia I’hts," he said flatly He started to walk by her, but then returned

"It would be helpful if I were getting more from my technical support teaone over everything with a lass," she snapped

"No, you haven’t"

"The killer hasn’t left any clues! Not soanywhere! Not a single victim scratched her assailant or--"

"Celia, there is a clue"

"What?"

"The nightgowns"

She looked at hiowns, different, but basically the saowns? Where’s owns?"

She turned away, her face red "They were killed at night We didn’t think--"

"I need to knohere those nightgoere purchased Can you get on that?"

"You should have asked before," she pointed out

She was right He should have

He didn’t reply but headed over to the ce outside He saw Gina, and gave her a nod, assuring her that he was co out to speak