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Lowering herself, body flat, she ignored Dash’s curious gaze as she inhaled the scents closer to the floor

Thankfully Seth was in the hall with the other board members If he had been closer, her senses would have been so swah the scents here

She wanted to turn the body over, wanted to do her own investigation She was hampered by the authorities, who had deh Breeds didn’t kno to conduct an investigation Prints had already been dusted for; ultraviolet had already swept the room, and a collection of fibers, hairs and other assorted evidentiary items had been collected

Her eyes narrowed as her gaze was caught by so close beside the hand that was tucked partially beneath the victim’s body She could barely make out the tiniest hint of a piece of paper

“I have so here, Dash Paper It’s under the body”

Dash growled at the inconvenience of the position They couldn’t touch the body in any way and risk the authorities’ ire in this matter The situation was too tricky

Dawn adjusted the latex gloves on her hands and waited until Dash could move in beside her He flattened hi to

“Merc, get the forceps fro,” Dash murmured

A second later the surgical steel forceps were in his hand and Dash flashed her a s in our line of work”

Then he edging the forceps beneath the body and slowly pulling the paper free They were lucky; the deadthe paper It had fallen from his hand as he fell, and it was marred by only a spot or two of blood, sheltered as it had been between the arm and the body

“Here we go,” heit

Dawn read it, then looked back at Dash in concern

Tell Seth now! the note read

“Someone is paranoid,” Dash said softly “Hard copy rather than e-e I’d suspect Breyer found this note in his roo it passed to him”

Tell Seth now Tell Seth what? Dawn rose to her feet beside Dash as he had the note stored in an evidence bag, then tucked it easily into the inside, hidden pocket of his military-style shirt