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“Got him!”

Kara hurried over, if for no other reason than to increase her circulation She glanced up as she walked The tiny s that peered outside were dark now She had no idea what time it was

“Victor Walcott wasn’t a far “He was the son of a alchemist, who inherited the farm from his parents”

“An alchemist?” Kara asked

“Yes, someone who makes—”

“I knohat an alchehed “Co since you knew me”

He stopped, and for a moment he devoted his attention solely on her His eyes locked onto hers, and Kara felt an old fa the nape of her neck

Uh oh

The tingle had nothing to do with her retrocognition It had everything to do with the way she originally fell for Jeremy How she’d initially been attracted by his purity His innocence His blind devotion to the Order, coupled with his drive to do things first and then analyze them later

Kind of like ht Kara In a way, you’re exactly like that

It also helped that he was beyond nerdy cute Handsome in ways that didn’t make sense He reminded her of when Hollyould cast a beautiful actor to play a geeky part, butto be believable

“So…” she shivered “Alcheo now?”

“Soon,” said Jeremy He reached out and handed her a couple of black and white photographs “Here Look at these”

Kara did They all depicted the saainst a featureless horizon In the third photo, a htly hunched, his features blurred as if the photo was taken while he was

“That him?” she asked