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She doesn’t answer, and I head down the hall Stopping just inside the door, I see Koa is on his burner phone He’s standing in the center of my room in jeans and a plaid shirt His dark hair is pushed back froloith determination

“If you find anything, call me on this number We don’t have much time” He waits a moment “Thanks I owe you”

He disconnects, and I go to where he’s standing “Who was that?”

“All our talk about ave ations noith one of the top four guys in the country I thought maybe—”

“You think he can help us?”

“I don’t know, but I don’t think it can hurt to ask him”

Going toand put the few iteraph of me with my mother, one of my first really nice ceramics, Koa’s shirt

“Where did you find that?”

“The night you came here When you shifted, you left your clothes I slept in it ere apart” Holding the black tee to my nose, I take a deep sniff “It smells like you, oods”

He catches my chin and plants a kiss on my lips “You don’t need a shirt anymore You have me”

“Still…” I go to my dresser and take out underwear, a sleep shirt, shoes “Oh! Aunt Penny said the man who killed Hayden’s wife, ed our name after it happened”

“That explains it” Koa nods, rubbing his chin as he paces my room “I found an article about the construction of this mansion Did you knoas called Chateau Croix?”

“I never knew it had a name”

“He built it for his wife, the for of Columbus”

“Columbus? My family came here from the north, from Canada”