Chapter 291

“Huh. Finn squinted his eyes, a mix of disbelief and amusement dancing in them. “You’ve got some nerve, don’t you? Most folks would be puking their guts out at the sight of a half–eaten corpse, and there you are, pregnant and all, not even flinching?”

Swallowing hard, I managed a nervous chuckle. “I didn’t dare look that way, to be honest.”

Finn snorted, his voice taking on a darker edge. “Foebe, you’re not as innocent as you pretend to be..”

I sucked in a sharp breath. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I’m gonna catch the bastard myself, Finn replied, sidestepping my question like he was making a solemn vow.

He was dead set on catching the killer. He believed the killer was Caleb.

“So, you think Caleb is the mastermind behind the serial murders, avenging Phoebe Caldwell? So the victims are all somehow linked to Phoebe, bullied her, or messed with Caleb and Carter, right?” I looked at Finn for confirmation.

Finn didn’t respond, but his silence was as good as an affirmation.

end up dead at the hands of a serial killer? Who killed her? Caleb? But why?” I

once said nothing in this world is permanent, not even the stars above us–they’re always shifting. No one can be someone else’s forever unless… unless you find a way

preserve her love, like some kind of twisted trophy.

be trapped forever below, caged in a glass display, his and his alone,

in irritation at my challenge. “Semantics.”

thing as a perfect murder or a perfect victim, right?” I

a moment before Finn spoke again. “The mastermind behind these murders is either Caleb or

did it have to be

know better than anyone how dangerous those two can be. It’s a blessing one’s gone. If they were both alive, they’d kill without leaving a trace for the police to find…” Finn

the intellect of Caleb or Carter, no one

means the orphanage sequence is out the window. Melody’s under 24–hour protection from Dexter, making it hard for the killer to make a move. They must be starting fresh…* I pondered aloud, then paused and turned back to look at Finn. “If the killer sticks to their M.O., they’ve already got their

little time to find

was lost.

it before the next victim expired. But Colin was locked away in a mental institution. “Go find Caleb,” Robin urged, striding over in his traffic cop uniform, clearly having rushed here straight

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