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Chapter 9: Pursuit's View

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Selene

Before sunset I turned my quarters into a crime scene, and it was all for one man.

Maps covered the table and more maps littered the floor. I had alley sketches pinned to the wall with iron tacks. Timelines were written in ink on parchment in neat lines. They collided with circles, arrows and corrections. Witness statements were in piles and they were ranked by usefulness and stupidity.

Most people get poetic when they're scared.

He vanished into the air, His eyes were icy cold, He moved
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