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She opened the card The wry smile slid from her face Her body tensed

“What’s wrong?” What the hell was in that letter?

“It’s them” The mild tremor in her voice terrified him Clearly it took a lot to rattle this woman

“Who?” It was a struggle to keep his voice even What Clark said would happen is They’ve brought the fight to us The psychic ghost phenomena made him shiver

“The killers”

“What!” He stood and hurried around the desk to peer over her shoulder

“I need gloves Now” The mutter was more to herself than him as he read the letter over her shoulder

Dear Agent West,

Last we met you had the sweet bloom of first love all over you, and we knew then and there we had to have a little taste But you got away Split our perfect puzzle piece into two We never forgot you I our brethren It s It’s so freeing to cast the cards and follow your path to greatness

Now is the time we choose to step from the shadows and clai, fun journey and soon it’ll be coaent West I assure you this tiet away

“Fuck! We need our people on this now” After all this ti in his head The letter’s words s her undetected for any aht on the heels of his brother’strick

“No I want to exaet anyone in on it” She set her jaw and stared him down

“Vannah” His protests died when he saw the deterht in her eyes He’d pry that envelope from her hands if he had to

No, gaining control of the situation wouldn’t be worth the friction it’d cause She knehat she was doing, and her finger prints were all ready on it, so technically the evidence was already tampered with

“This is personal” She turned to her bag, dug inside, and caloves