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Carey opened his mouth and shut it

“Yeah, I know I’m a Fed, but I ith others I can’t say that about everyone in my depart with you We’re both close to this one”

“Do you think they’ll take you off the case?”

“No, not when I’m the main point of contact But they’ll watch me like a hawk”

“Then I guess we need to get cracking What comes next?”

“I want to coinal card with this one I don’t see how the clue could be in the hair or the letter Unless he uses some sort of UV ink…” she trailed off

“Do you want s?”

“No Let’s hold off until we’ve called it in to FBI There’s a line I can’t cross as much as I’d like to”

“Okay, let’s bag everything up Take it back our office”

“What do you think it means?” Carey asked

The minute they’d compared the two cards they’d realized the killer’s card had a series of nuyptian Empress sat on a throne with an Ankh in one hand and a scroll in the other In the distance stood two golden colus of old lines Around the borders were lyphics, not numbers

“I’ to be feasible as is The question is, how does it break down? Is it in order? A juether? It could be a victim’s social security number, a birthday, the date they committed the crime Hell, it could be a code Maybe these numbers stand for letters”

“Or et under our skin and put us even ested

“No, this is sonized as clever, crafty, and terrifying In order for that to happen, we need bodies and inforit sequences, and running theet a hit It’ll take some time”

“Let’s take a walk, get a cup of coffee”