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can’t bring myself to even voice the possibility.

Barclay shakes his head. “It’s complicated. Like I said. This is a big case. Missing persons was never even really on my radar—until a few months ago.”

“And what happened then?”

“The details aren’t important, but I started looking into a standard missing-persons case as a favor to a friend, only it turned out not to be very standard. It’s big, Tenner. A major interverse trafficking ring.”

This all makes sense, but … “I still don’t understand what this has to do with Ben.”

Barclay hesitates. He looks at his hands for a second, and I notice he’s biting the inside of his cheek. I’ve never seen him agitated quite like this.

“Tell me,” I say, even though I’m afraid to hear it.

Then he looks up with pity in his face. “Someone with unique abilities—like the ability to open portals and travel universes at will—would have an easier time getting around the strict interverse travel regulations the IA has in place.”

My mind jumps to the logical conclusion, but it takes my heart a minute to catch up. Because I don’t want to believe that it’s a possibility. “Ben can’t be a suspect. He—”

“You know what Ben can do,” Barclay says. “He’s the prime suspect.”

“But he’s home—”

Barclay shakes his head. “Tenner, Ben hasn’t been in his home world for almost three months.”