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“It can’t be Walsh and Brooks,” Cody said “They’re already dead—no reason for their names to be on a hit list now”

So Keira’s brain, but she couldn’t think what it could be So told her she knehose naer on it

Cody was still speaking “The other two names depend on whose list it is Since Tressler was in the New World Militia, we’ve assumed the list was related to that, but it doesn’t seem to fit somehow Callahan—yes And me We were both undercover in the anization So I see the connection there”

He paused, as if hts in order “But Brockway and DeSantini—that’s ton personally, not to the militia per se Especially after all this time If their names were on the list—a reasonable assumption since they were killed in the same way the attempt was ton’s son”

“That’s it,” Keira whispered as everything coalesced in her brain “It’s the only thing that makes sense”

Cody glanced at her “What?”

“You’re right—it’s Vishenko’s list,” she confirmed “And the other two names on the list have to be Trace’s naht in the eye

D’Arcy looked at her sharply “Why do you say that?”

“Trace told ton, the two of you had to collect all the witness stateet it ruled a justifiable homicide”

She looked froical conclusion If Vishenko wants revenge for his father, it’s not just the men who put his father in jail, and it’s not just his father’s killers he wants dead It’s also the et aithmurder”

Cody’s brows drew together in a frown, and he opened his ation, but she spoke before he could “I knoasn’t murder,” she said “But you have to look at it from Vishenko’s perspective In his eyes it was et off the hook for it are just as responsible”

She looked at D’Arcy again “Walker toldCallahan in hell I can’t think of anythingdeath by fire, and if I were Vishenko looking for revenge” She took a deep breath “I think you have to accept that so after you, too, sir, the exact same wayif they haven’t already You and Trace”

D’Arcy picked up his phone and dialed a nuave the address “I suspect so was done to ent Walker’s truck last night, so be extreave the make and model, and a license plate number “It’s parked in the driveway Let me knohat you find”

He put the phone down He was breathing a little faster than normal, and there was an expression on his face Keira had never seen there “My car was low on gas when I got houred I’d fill up on the way to work Then I got your call last night My wife is visiting her sister in South Carolina I knew her car had a full tank, so I drove her car this ”

Keira caught her breath Her first thought was for her partner, and she turned concerned eyes on Cody But before she said what she was thinking she realized her mistake and she relaxed a little

“Trace hasn’t been honed hi lot here at work all this ti If not for that, I’d bet anything you want to stake you’d find his car rigged to explode, just like your truck”