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“Low blow.”

“I’m just speaking truth. Maybe you can even tap your boss to look into it. Maybe he isn’t just doing this in Salem.”

“I don’t have access to?—”

“You sure about that? Your boss said he’s been waiting for you to come back. He’s been waiting you out.”

Bullshit.

Leo wouldn’t have volunteered that. He was a cagey son of a bitch.

“Let me bring the files to you. Then you can make a decision. My lieutenant won’t let you near her tonight, but we can keep her in the ICU for one more night. I’m not sure if she’s ready to be discharged yet, but I can guarantee the hospital won’t want her kind of disruption there for long.”

I nodded curtly. “I’ll be at my boat.”

The relief was apparent and made me even angrier. Instead of dealing with it, I took off.

I wished I’d never seen Priscilla Barlow.

Then she’d be dead.

I opened the throttle to drown out Milligan’s voice.

Even though I knew he was right.

CHAPTER 6

CILLA

Detective Miranda Diaz was intense.

She was pacing inside my room, her voice low as she spoke into her phone. Even with her obvious agitation, I felt better with her in the room with me.

The curtain fluttered and I jumped.

Shit.

Shit.

Shit.

New terror unlocked. I didn’t think anything could have been as bad as the docks, but seeing him looming over me with a smile that didn’t make sense. Garish, inhuman teeth.

I shut my eyes and tried to make sense of the nightmare. The teeth had been wrong.

I frowned. A mask of some sort? It seemed as if it was part of his hood.

Maybe something for runners in the winter?

I couldn’t figure it out. I’d been asleep, high on whatever they’d given me for the pain and then all I could remember was no air. He’d been so strong. Insanely strong.

Not black eyes this time. Which was it? Was my imagination adding to it?

Was I freaking losing it?

My fingers shook as I pushed my hair out of my face.

How had he gotten by the guard outside my door?

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