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.”

you know he has an identical

had begun to doze, snapped his eyes open at this, staring at the

too much, Maja clamped

rambling. Dr. Herrington said he doesn’t

“He said he doesn’t?”

“Yeah.”

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

as if her pride had gotten the better of her.

Elated?

could still sense that

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

Augus had said about BK having two key figures, one B and

were undone

pulling her tightly

to divulge anything related to Phelps to anyone else. Her slip of the tongue was a

that emotion, her guard had momentarily

probably hadn’t counted on

overly clever schemes had unwittingly handed Ian

blunder,

propped himself up and kissed her

to wear this ring, Maja? It

her eyes wide, instinctively reaching to remove the

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