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  1. “YOU’VE BEEN STUDYING ME, NARI?”
  2. Also by
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Prologue
  8. Chapter One
  9. Chapter Two
  10. Chapter Three
  11. Chapter Four
  12. Chapter Five
  13. Chapter Six
  14. Chapter Seven
  15. Chapter Eight
  16. Chapter Nine
  17. Chapter Ten
  18. Chapter Eleven
  19. Chapter Twelve
  20. Chapter Thirteen
  21. Chapter Fourteen
  22. Chapter Fifteen
  23. Chapter Sixteen
  24. Chapter Seventeen
  25. Chapter Eighteen
  26. Chapter Nineteen
  27. Chapter Twenty
  28. Chapter Twenty-One
  29. Chapter Twenty-Two
  30. Chapter Twenty-Three
  31. Chapter Twenty-Four
  32. Chapter Twenty-Five
  33. Chapter Twenty-Six
  34. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  35. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  36. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  37. Chapter Thirty
  38. Chapter Thirty-One
  39. Chapter Thirty-Two
  40. Chapter Thirty-Three
  41. Chapter Thirty-Four
  42. Chapter Thirty-Five
  43. Chapter Thirty-Six
  44. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  45. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  46. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  47. Chapter Forty
  48. Epilogue
  49. Teaser chapter

“This victim is different. She has dark hair and is petite. He liked blondes before, and they were often curvy and tall. I think the smallest victim was just under six feet tall, and she put up a good fight,” she said.

Angus turned toward her. “You’ve studied the files.”

She let the photograph of the brutalized victim slide out of her fingers. “Of course I’ve studied the files. I know as much about your case as you do, except I’ve concluded that Lassiter really is dead. There’s no mystery or cover-up here. I’ve learned everything I can about your cases.”

“As much about me?” His jaw hurt, so he tried to loosen it. Heat coated down his throat as he held on to control with both hands. The woman really had no idea who he was and what he wanted to do with her. To her. “You’ve been studying me, Nari?”

She met his gaze without flinching. “Of course.”

He didn’t like that. Not at all. She wasn’t even trying to be coy or discreet. “I’m sure your HDD handlers appreciate that.”

She rolled her eyes. “They’re your handlers, too. I’ve never hidden the fact that I would’ve disbanded the team if you had gone off the deep end, and you’ve been right on the edge several times. But you can’t say I haven’t helped or even been loyal.”

True. Most shrinks would’ve shut down the team the first time they saw the dog drunk or Wolfe with a kitten sleeping in his jacket pocket. “Why are you here? You’re a first-rate shrink, whatever that means, and you’re wasted here, just keeping an eye on me and the team. It’s too low-level. Why take this on?” The question had kept him up at night, but he’d never really asked her.

For the first time she faltered. “The team needed me.”

“Enough,” he barked, the sound echoing around the room as he fought her stubbornness and his raw desire for the woman. Roscoe lifted his furry head, his German shepherd markings dark in the fluorescent lights. He blinked, must’ve decided all was well, and went back to sleep. “For once, tell me the truth, Zhang. Why the hell are you with this sad little group of agents nobody else wants? We really can’t be that large a threat to the HDD.”

She drew back. “It doesn’t really matter, does it? We’re both here and have a job to do, unless you go off the deep end again. Then it’ll be over for us all.”

Chapter Three

Chapter Three