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I read the names written across the back.
Emily Ross.
Rylie Tate.
Seven others.
The first name meant nothing to me.
Neither did the second.
The third made my heart stop.
Cynthia Parker.
No.
I knew that name.
Cynthia had been the Keeper’s first known victim.
I moved to the next name.
Melissa Grant.
No.
Victim number four.
“Carson.”
He was already opening his laptop.
I read the remaining names while he searched our case files.
Nicole Bennett.
Victim number two.
Paula Hanson.
Victim number six.
The other names had changed through marriage, but the birth dates would tell us whether they matched.
Carson’s fingers moved across the keyboard.
His face became grimmer with each result.
“Judy.”
“How many?”
“All seven.”
Trigger’s arm tightened around Rylie.
She stared at the photograph.
