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“Oh, of course,” she said, and she looked elass of clear liquid sat on the desk in front of her, looking sad and incomplete, as if it had been cheated of its destiny to beon coffee so I wouldn’t think too hard about Olaf being here without Edward to act as a buffer, or any of the uy at arth

Livingston spoke from the other comfortable client chair, which he’ddesk His coffee was on a coaster at the edge of the desk “It’s not about which marshal has the warrant now, Duke The footprints at the crime scene don’t match the prisoner”

Duke said, “And how do you feel about testifying in court about the innocent shapeshifter, little lady?”

For a second, I thought he was talking to me, but then Kaitlin answered, “Duke, I’ve told you before not to call me little lady” I liked that she corrected him

He rolled his eyes and sighed like she was being silly, but replied, “Fine Have it your way, Kaitlin Just answer the question”

“I could testify that the prints don’t match Bobby Marchand’s They’re close in size, but the shape of the foot itself isn’t even close I could absolutely testify to that, but that doesn’t uilty of the crime I don’t know for certain it’s the victim’s blood that was tracked from the crime scene to the bedroom We assume it is, but for court, we’d need to be certain”

“Since there were no other bodies or large pools of blood found at the scene, it’s a safe assumption that the bloody footprints were ston said

“We can assue that issued Newure out if Bobby Marchand deserves to die for this crime, but you know that if we do find other viable suspects and have a trial, we assuston and took a sip frolass of water

“If we find another shapeshifter is guilty of the crime, there will still be no trial,” Olaf said

“Only one name is on the warrant,” Kaitlin said “If he didn’t do it, then you need a nearrant with a new name on it”

I shook my head “The warrant is worded to cover any supernaturals involved in the criht-up human or not”

“But if Bobby Marchand is innocent, then he doesn’t have any accomplices, because he didn’t commit the crime,” Kaitlin said

“True, as far as it goes,” I said I’d finished my coffee, and no one else was headed for the pot Would it be rude to take the last cup, and did I care?

Newman explained, “What Blake means is the warrant will still cover anyone involved in the crime, even if the person named isn’t involved”

“I don’t understand,” Kaitlin said