On the other side of town, Fitch hung up the phone and stared at the pile of documents spread out before him. They contained the

files of death row inmates from the prison where Queena had been held.

If Queena had been replaced, the most likely candidates for such a swap would be other death row inmates from the sfacility -

the perfect way to avoid suspicion.

But on the day the execution was carried out, there were only two individuals on the docket. Both files had been thoroughly vetted.

One was Queena's, and the other belonged to a woman.

Fitch had already been to Oakford, searching for Queena's ashes, but they had been scattered into the sea.

He'd looked into the other executed woman's background and found she had been her mother's sole companion. Tragically, the

person she murdered was her own mother.

Therefore, her ashes also went unclaimed, as no relative wanted anything to do with the remains of a convicted killer.

Fitch frowned, turning to his assistant.

"Are this woman's ashes still held by the prison since no one claimed them?"

"Sir, if no one claims them, they're usually disposed of in snondescript manner."

"Check it out, see if there's anything left of the ashes."

his orders, Fitch suspected the

ashes had been processed, mixed with others, and hauled

were simply discarded. Now, even if he tried to track them down, it

then reviewed all the surveillance footage from the

was about to inquire about Bernard's political rivals to see if they had picked up on any leads, when his phone rang.

Bernard.

for a while.

on a cure, but she says it'll

was really focused on finding an antidote

months.

"What about Patric?"

monitor sdata before he's released. After all, his body is

to make things

heightened, yet Bernard's replies were seamless. And if

would he allow him

allowed

worried about him, right? I don’t

one

had made quite the nfor himself, and Holden's apprentices had been eyeing

encroaching on

world, Bernard and lan had a good relationship. Now that

into the limelight.

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