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“Don’t be nice to me right now. I need you to be a detective.”

“Counselor, you’re scaring me.”

“Join the club. The numbers. They’re a countdown.” She told him about the weekly letters she’d stashed away and the caller who seemed to think she ought to be dead. “Today is day zero. Today is when he planned to attack me. I think he’s coming to kill me.”

“Did you report it to the police?”

She hugged her arms around her waist. “Would it have done any good? Aren’t I the enemy? Someone has been threatening me, and maybe…maybe I wasn’t scared enough for him. I’m too stubborn and independent…” Kenna swayed with exhaustion and fell silent.

“Can I be nice to you now?” Keir’s voice was deep pitched, calm.

All she could do was nod. He turned her into his arms.