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“Charges? You were arrested again?” Kyle asked with a scoff.
“No, not really. I was…at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“No surprise there,” Kyle answered.
Julia shot him a disappointed glance, and he raised his arms in defeat. “Grant, what happened?”
“I got a call telling me to go to a specific location in an hour. When I got there, I found Christopher Metcalfe dead.”
“What?” Kyle exclaimed. “Are you serious?”
Julia sucked in a breath at the words. “Metcalfe is dead?”
Grant nodded his head. “Yeah.”
“This is getting more and more dangerous by the second.” Julia pressed a hand against her head as she flicked her gaze to Kyle. “Please tell me you didn’t talk to Lydia yet.”
“No, I haven’t, but now we need the in more than ever.”
“No,” she argued. “Kyle, this is way too dangerous. They just killed one of their own.”
“We have no idea why that happened.”
“No, we don’t, but what do you think she’ll do if she finds out you’re not actually on her side?”
Kyle heaved a sigh. “She won’t find out.”
Julia shook her head at the words. “Was there anything at the scene? Anything that suggested why he was killed or who did it?”
Grant shook his head. “I pulled his phone from his pocket but never got the chance to look at it. The cops showed up before I could.”
“Darn it. That could have led us to the other DG members.”
“I know. I’m sorry. I–” Grant’s words cut off as heat washed over him. He dug in his pocket and pulled out a scrap of paper. “Wait, there was one other thing. I found this in his pocket with his phone.”
Julia glanced down at it before she flicked her gaze up to him. “What does it say?”
Grant unfolded it as Julia peered over his arm. His hands trembled as he unfolded the paper, his breath hitching in his throat. The scrawled words blurred for a moment as a wave of dread washed over him. He blinked rapidly, forcing himself to focus. Next time it will be someone closer to you.
His heart thudded against his ribs as he let the threat sink in. His grip tightened on the note, the ominous words chilling him to the bone. A sense of helplessness washed over him as he wondered if he would be next. The fear for Julia and Sierra made his vision blur as visions of their potential demise danced through his mind. How could they stop this?
CHAPTER 10
JULIA
Acold dread seeped into Julia’s veins as she read the words, her stomach churning like a turbulent sea. A sense of foreboding wrapped around her, tightening its grip with every word. “Okay, that does it. Kyle, you’re not going back to Lydia.”
“I definitely am,” he argued. “We need this connection now more than ever.”
“No, Kyle. This is way too dangerous.”
“It’s not. I can do this.”
“Stop,” Grant said with a shake of his head. “Please.”
Julia rubbed her temples. “You’re right. We should see Sierra. We can discuss this later, though as far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing to discuss.”
“Yes,” Grant agreed. “We’ll deal with this later. I’d like to see Sierra.”
