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giving back a little slice of freedom and replacing what had been lost.
    A small silence fell and Jericho knew they’d all come to the same question he had: why would the Breed King take such a risk, coming to Camden?
    â€˜I say fuck the King,’ Blades murmured as he lit a cigarette. ‘We need to be out tracking the missing girl. The King can be tomorrow’s problem.’
    â€˜We need confirmation on the identity of the body first.’ Jericho mentally pulled up a list of what had to be done. ‘Regardless of whether it’s Karla’s missing girl, I want to check out the crime scene. If someone’s shooting unarmed citizens, we need to find them. The last thing we want is town folk suddenly hanging the crime on us.’
    â€˜I’ll find who pulled the trigger.’ Blades settled back in his chair, blowing out a stream of smoke. ‘Count on it.’
    Jericho nodded. ‘You and Reaper come with me this afternoon. We’ll go check the crime scene out. I want both of you to see if you can pick up a scent or tracks that were missed. It’s a long shot, but we’ve got to try.’ He turned to Frost. ‘You’re going to get into the police system and search for any new hunting permits that have been handed out. And do a background check on all new residents in town. Anything out of the ordinary.’
    â€˜The cops really don’t have any suspicions about who shot her?’ Reaper asked, eyes trained on a piece of wood he was whittling with a knife, long raven-black hair falling forward like a curtain.
    â€˜Bowden will call me when they identify her,’ Jericho said. His gut told him it was going to be the missing female, and he had even called Karla to insist she stop dancing around the issue and view the body to be sure. Karla had stiffly thanked him and hung up. No doubt busy trying to figure out how she was going to explain the death to the Breed Council.
    â€˜If it is the female, we need the ballistic report,’ Frost said. ‘Confirm if she was killed with silver.’
    â€˜No one around here’s got that kind of ammo,’ Blades pointed out. ‘You think a Hunter’s arrived in town?’
    â€˜We can’t rule anything out at this moment,’ Jericho said. ‘But why? To kill an unarmed female Breed? It makes no sense.’
    â€˜Sure it does.’ Reaper looked up. ‘Their paths crossed, he couldn’t help himself and killed her. Now we find and kill him.’
    â€˜There has to be a reason he’s here,’ Turk said. ‘If you were a Hunter in Camden, what would your directive be?’
    â€˜Not to let the witch curse kill me?’ Blades offered. ‘Isn’t that why Hunters don’t come here? They’ll get cursed with warts or something?’
    â€˜Maybe that’s not enough anymore and they’re testing boundaries,’ Jericho said, though he wasn’t sure to what extent he believed in the fabled curse that struck Hunters down. ‘Hunters only act on the authority of the Association. If one is here, I’ll wager it’s got something to do with the King coming.’
    â€˜So we’ll find him and interrogate,’ Frost said.
    â€˜Hunters only speak lies. We just kill him.’ Reaper shook his head. ‘The only trustworthy Hunter is a dead one.’
    â€˜True enough,’ Blades agreed, dropping his cigarette and running a boot heel over it.
    â€˜Anyone got other business?’ Jericho asked, suddenly impatient. He wanted to get going. Two Breed deaths in the space of a few days did not sit well with him and a part of him hoped that by finding Anna’s killer, the weight of Lance’s death would lighten, if only a fraction.
    â€˜You said the King’s Enforcer had business with you,’ Turk said. ‘You think he’ll come here?’
    Jericho shrugged. ‘I don’t know.’
    â€˜If he does, you gonna be okay