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“Roarke, please switch to privacy mode”

Without a flicker of expression, he lifted a headset “Yes, lieutenant?”

“A weapon registered to you was confiscated at a ho at the first possible opportunity You’re free to bring your attorney I’ he understood the eht hours, the Station Guard will escort you back on-planet Do you understand your rights and obligations in this matter?”

“Certainly I’ll ements Good-bye, lieutenant”

The screen went blank

chapter fourteen

More shaken than she cared to ad At Mira’s invitation, she took a seat, folded her hands to keep them from any telltale restless movements

“Have you had time to profile?”

“You requested urgent status” Indeed, Mira had been upand her psych diagnostics to compose a profile “I’d like ive you an overall view”

“Okay” Eve leaned forward “What is he?”

“He is almost certainly correct Traditionally, crimes of this nature are not coe intelligence, with sociopathic and voyeuristic tendencies He’s bold, but not a risk taker, though he probably sees himself as such”

In her graceful way, she linked her fingers together, crossed her legs “His criht out Whether or not he has sex with his victims is incidental His pleasure and satisfaction comes from the selection, the preparation, and the execution”

“Why prostitutes?”

“Control Sex is control Death is control And he needs to control people, situations The first murder was probably impulse”

“Why?”