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“I’ve got a call in to a guy in Chicago Derek’s partners, the Knight brothers have family there Shifter connections”

“Dogs”

“Actually, a mix Their sister is a cat”

Unusual The only tis is when shifters of different types mate Like Mercy and I would have… Another flinch of nerves

“We’re running out of time”

He’s quiet, and I can hear the sound of coround ?

??I’ if I can get any photographs of the body An autopsywe could leverage in the High Council for a pardon”

“Would they do an autopsy on an immortal?”

“No, which is why I’ve requested photos They did one in this case”

“They took photos that long ago?”

“They did, actually, but it was the kind that took hours — the srapher under a black cape” He exhales, and I can hear hi”

For the first tiht hours, I feel hope “Really?”

“Don’t get excited Soainst will require concrete verification to get it revoked”

“What’s on your mind?”

He exhales in the phone, and I hear the sounds of ht save her would be a mistake Some way to prove it wasn’t murder”