“I feel like I’ve been watched. I can’t prove it.”

“Watched? Where?”

“Everywhere. It’s been going on for a few weeks now. I felt it a few times before I went on leave from my job, and now that I’ve been home, it’s happened more frequently. Even when I’m in the house.”

“When was the last time it happened?”

“Earlier. Tonight.” The same fury she’d sensed in him before was back, darkening his hazel eyes to a fiery amber. “When I was walking around downtown.”

“And you didn’t think to mention it?”

“I forgot. And when I thought about it again, it didn’t seem relevant to what I saw in the alley.”

“It’s all relevant, Evangeline. And when you add on that we’ve got a serial killer on the loose, ignoring your instincts is the worst thing you can do.”

“Troy, you don’t need to make this your problem. The GGPD is dealing with a whole lot worse right now.”

“You are my problem. The moment I took the call to come help you tonight, you became my problem.”

She wanted to be his partner, not his problem.

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