Maja felt the restlessness within her subside as she admired the ring. In the quiet of the bedroom, she couldn’t resist glancing at it again and again.

Though it didn’t send her heart racing, she could at least sleep now.

She turned over and took another peek.

Then turned again for yet another look.

When Ian climbed into bed, he saw her fixated on the ring.

He had finished his nightly routine, scrubbing off the day’s smell of smoke.

With one arm, he enveloped her, preventing her from rolling around the bed any further.

“It’s getting late. Let’s get some shut-eye, okay? We’ve got that appointment with Dr. Herrington tomorrow, remember?” he said softly.

Maja instantly stilled, nestling into his embrace.

“Ian, Dr. Herrington is a really good guy.”

“Uh-huh.”

“He saved me once, and he’s always been so kind.”

“Uh-huh.”

quite the genius too. Did you know he has an identical

to doze, snapped his eyes open at

too

Dr. Herrington said he

“He said he doesn’t?”

“Yeah.”

her, a small chuckle escaping him, “Clever Phelps, outsmarted by his

had gotten the better of her. Was

Elated?

sense that

exactly alike, but one has a mole on his earlobe and the other doesn’t,

having two key figures, one B and one K, who

had deceived the world, but were undone

pulling her

instructions were clear; she wasn’t to divulge anything related to Phelps to anyone else. Her slip of the tongue was a result of the overwhelming impact of the ring.

that emotion,

hadn’t counted on

clever schemes had unwittingly handed Ian a

blunder,

kissed her fiercely, leaving her

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