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"You’re really scaring the hell out of me," Olivia e of the general on his horse out in the forest I don’t know much about art, but it’s on sohostly in the right light Frank Vine was the one to find it That’s good, because iton"

"I don’t understand An artist drew a picture on gauzy cloth--and put it in the forest? Why?"

"Because if you’re stuht’s hazy--you’d think you were seeing the general"

"Butwouldn’t you check to see if it was real?" Olivia asked

He grinned at her "No, not most people Most people would run like hell!"

Olivia nodded thoughtfully "Okay, so ould the ieneral in the forest have to do with so Aaron at the stream? And are you sure Aaron was attacked?"

He shook his head impatiently "No, I’ else is unlikely Aaron ht just happen to have a little wound the size of an insect sting near the base of his neck And I’ll admit I’m not one hundred percent sure of the connection between those two events--Aaron’s so-called accident and Mariah’s discovery--either" He shrugged "Maybe Mariah si and then happened to wander into the woods where she found an ie of him--and the torn-up carcass of a cow Like I said, it’s unlikely, but"

"It is possible," Olivia said a little stiffly

She pulled into her driveway and let out a little cry of dis toward the entry

There was a note on the door

"The alarot all about them"

"So did I," he told her "Don’t worry We’ll just reschedule theet the alarm system in today Funny, I’ve lived by myself for several years and I’ve never been afraid But now"

"Let’s call theested

"And after that?"

"I have a few other calls toBut we’ll put some faith in Sa"

Sa ferociously As they got out of the car, the dog bolted past the around the house

"What is the s are sensitive He senses that so on," Dustin answered He smiled at her "Hey, come on You know that You’re a therapist orks with ani for nothing, and that scaresthe sticker the alar back and swept by their legs as they entered

"Want me to call the alarm people?" he asked

"I can do it"

"Of course you can--but I’h the kitchen and find food"

Olivia laughed at that "Okay, you get on the phone I’ll look for food"

He sat in the living rooh to the alarm company They were exceptionally pleasant, coency and happy to reschedule for later that week

He could hear pots and pans and cutlery being moved about in the kitchen, so he went ahead and called the office He spoke to Jackson Crow first, filling hier to hear as going on

"I told Jackson it’s pretty much out in the open now," he explained to Malachi "And the local law to be difficult at first, but he ca with Deputy Sheriff Frank Vine and Deputy Jimmy Callahan Vine knows he doesn’t have the ht, too I brought him the bits of dart and the pieces of tree bark I took fro on a report from him now"

Malachi put him on hold while he had a quick discussion in the office Aout there with Abby, Sloan and Jane We don’t want tolike that We’ll just show up We should be in by tomorrow afternoon"

"Good," Dustin said "Let us knohen you’re in the vicinity I’ll keep you posted on where we are"

As he ended the call, Olivia walked out of the kitchen "There’s a casserole in the oven I’ll be back down in ten Oh, the guest room is across fro up at her They were both the worse for wear, but even covered in trail dust with bedraggled hair, Olivia Gordon wasstriking