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Offices of Forensic Instincts

Tribeca, Manhattan, New York

24 February

Saturday, 3:00 pm local time

Casey Woods, president of the successful and high-powered investigation agency Forensic Instincts, was seated at the brownstone’san update on their current case It was still in its infancy—preli conducted—and Casey didn’t expect it to burst into full swing until all the intel had been gathered For now, the urgency was e By then, she and her team would be ready

She’d just poured herself yet another cup of coffee when her cell phone rang

She glanced down at the blocked number and frowned She didn’t like anonynore the in an equally anonymous manner

“Hello?”

“Hi, Casey It’s Aidan”

Casey’s brows rose in surprise Aidan Devereaux was the older brother of her right-hand man, Marc Devereaux Both brothers were forces to be reckoned with Marc was former Navy SEAL, forinal member of Forensic Instincts Aidan was a forence officer and current bigwig at Hecker that Casey wasn’t privy to but suspected was huge Aidan had consulted for FI on several significant cases Still, she wasn’t accusto on a case together Which, right now, they weren’t

“Hi, Aidan,” she said “This is unexpected”

“I hope it’s not a bad time” He didn’t wait to ensure that it wasn’t “I need to ask you a favor, and at the same time, I need to request that you not ask why”

Casey’s lips curved “Now that sounds intriguing Surprising, too You’ve never asked us for a favor, although we’ve called on you more than once” She sipped her coffee “You’ve saved our asses and our lives Whatever you want is yours, no questions asked”

“What I want is to borrow three of your team members My brother, Emma, and Ryan”