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The sound of the pickaxes striking hard brick seeht Jude felt his shoulders bunch and his muscles burn as he heaved hard and hit brick, and then brick again

And then, so soft He paused; the others had paused as well, hearing a hollowlike sound of e at the mortar and earth around the bricks The others were down beside hi for a bone

Nothing, just dirt, and ed

"Get the whisks froested

The others stepped back while Jude and Whitney carefully dusted away at the dirt They cae pine box and pulled it away

Jude sat back on his haunches, stunned

They hadn’t found another victim

"It’s Jonathan Black," Whitney said "The man who probably killed Carrie Brown, and made the world wonder if the Ripper had come to New York"

There, in a little cache that had been protected by the pine, lay another skeleton A crushed stovepipe hat lay halfway over the disarticulated skull Relued to bone by dark matter

Whitney reached for a chain that lay around the neck

"What are you doing?" Jude asked her, grabbing her arone?" he asked her

She looked at him "Our killer was obsessed with Jonathan Black He discovered where the cultists buried him when he went so berserk they were terrified of hirave site, and he took the relic--the supposed finger bone of Gilles de Rais--for his own He thinks it gives him power The power of evil--or of Satan"

Jude was still puzzled "Don’t touch anything," Jude said "Maybe…hts were destined to be long

Once again, scores of people were quickly called out

The cri with the anthropologists and the historians; evidence was sought while the historical scientists tried to preserve the integrity of the find Jude had to control his impatience--he understood the importance of discovery for the sake of history, society and life to coued with one of the historians

"Cri, he realized that Deputy Chief Green was on-site hi with Jude’s action

"I don’t think there’s anything more you can do here, Jude," Green told hiotup on theall the victims We have people on this, Jude You’re still lead, but you have to let others do ht noant you at the station I want a thorough report regarding this situation tonight Then, I’ain for at least ten hours, do you understand?"

He opened his ht; he would be worthless if he didn’t get some sleep

He walked over to where Whitney stood with her teas "I’ve been ordered to headquarters, and then to bed," he said dryly

"Jude," Jackson asked him, "you keep files and notes at home as well, don’t you?"

"Of course My files can be accessed fro we’re not up to speed on is the state of your investigation when you had your first two victiht I’d have you bring Whitney with you When you’re finished at the station, you two can sift through those notes and see if there’s soht be pertinent now that we’re sure the murders are connected"

"We really weren’t certain that they were connected--until the third ht now," Whitney said "It’s still the et some sleep because he’ll have to coordinate with the other FBI units to to stay on the screens and research and Angela atch over the dig here Maybe I can be of use going through your old notes"

"I’ll drop you off on the way to the station," Jude told Whitney

Before he left, he walked back to speak with Judith Garner "Judith--"

"Jude," she said patiently, "I know Call you if I get anything at all Well, we’ll have all kinds of trace from the hole, I believe, but it will take ti ed in You have to accept it--you cannot work this alone And none of us can stop cri"

"Judith, we have to stop the next murder," he said