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

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

have said too much,

Dr. Herrington said he

“He said he doesn’t?”

“Yeah.”

to look at her, a small chuckle escaping him, “Clever Phelps, outsmarted by his own cunning,

uneasy, as if her pride had gotten the better of her. Was

Elated?

sense that hidden joy

one has a mole on his earlobe and the

considered the possibility of two Phelpses. Now, piecing the information together with what Augus had said about BK having two key figures, one B and one K, who were twin brothers often swapping

were undone by a hypnotized,

felt like laughing, pulling her

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

emotion, her guard had

probably hadn’t

unwittingly handed Ian a crucial piece of

her blunder, Maja

himself up and kissed her fiercely, leaving her

means to wear this ring, Maja? It means you’re agreeing to

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