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Logan sighed It wasn’t a good sigh Kara was about to agree with him when—

“Now turn the photo over”

She couldn’t believe she hadn’t done it until now It was almost inexcusable

Distractions… distractions…

Kara flipped the photo in her hands On the back, scrawled in the immaculate penmanship that people of that time period used to take pride in, were the words Rudolph Northrop And just beneath that, Twenty-Second of Decehteen

“See the date?” Jeremy said unnecessarily

Kara nodded “The winter solstice”

“Exactly”

Jereesture of vindication He stared san, who made a wry face

“None of this an finally “That could be the photographer’s naraph Or a previous oho hung the photo Hell, it could be anyone”

Calmly, Jeremy reached back into his red folder He slid out another photo of the sanized was his own handwriting

“Here,” he said This tian’s direction The photo was taken at a different time, a different place, but it was obviously the saland, an only child, son to Mary and Richard He was a printer by trade Turned to the ‘occult’ soh if you asked him what he offered he’d say they were suppression rituals and spiritual cleansings”

Kara stared down at the second, black-and-white photo Northrop looked younger His beard was shorter

“As far as I can tell he traveled the East coast perforned to halt spiritual activity and create peace ofthat way”

Logan’s expression was doubtful “I wouldn’t have thought people paid for that”