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“Why?”

“To force him to increase his efforts and end me once and for all.”

“Who did you piss off?” she asked. “Besides me.”

Liam’s lips twitched, though his eyes remained sad. “Hard to say. Dougal’s never cared for me.” He lifted one shoulder. “But he doesna know that I am the monster.”

“Who does?”

“Only those with my brand.”

“The tattoo. Your guardians.”

“Aye. Alan Mac, the Camerons, Jamaica, Johnnie MacLeod.”

She’d missed the pub owner. “Where’s Johnnie keep his tattoo?”

“Ye dinnae want to know.”

Probably not.

“Jamaica,” she began. “She’s a witch.”

“Aye.”

“She said she no longer practiced, but I had to wonder once I looked up Obeah if she was perhaps—” Kris stopped. It sounded foolish even in her head.

“What?” Liam appeared completely confused.

“Sacrificing people to—”

“Obi?”

“Or you.”

“Me?” Shock spread over his face. “No. I would never— She would never. Jamaica came here broken, horrified by what she’d done. I dinnae think she could kill again, even to save herself.”

When Kris thought back on what she’d seen in Jamaica’s eyes as the woman related her past, she had to agree. “I guess I can check her off the list of suspects.”

“You thought Jamaica was the serial killer?”

“Right now, I think everyone’s the serial killer.”

Silence fell, but it didn’t last long, since Kris—as usual—had more questions. “It’s not like you need a guardian to protect you from silver bullet–wielding Jäger-Suchers. What do they do?”

“They make it seem like I belong. So no one suspects, aye? I have a room in one of the Camerons’ properties. I work at MacLeod’s on occasion. Alan Mac is helpful if someone ever questions my background.”

“You better have him do something about a passport and a license. When my brother checked you out, he didn’t find any. Nowadays, everyone’s got a number.”

“I’ll tell him.”

Kris tightened her lips. Why was she helping him?

“Where did you get guardians?” she asked. “The witch certainly didn’t post them to keep you safe.”

“No, she didnae,” he agreed. “Hundreds of years ago I saved some children from drowning. Their families, in thanks, promised to guard me all of my days.”

“Same families?”

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