Chapter ONE - Weebly

had nothing to do with her or her murder. You must
believe me.”
Ethan glared at him a moment longer before
releasing him and shoving him away. “You don’t know
that,” he said. “You idiot! I’m sure you would like to
believe that whatever you did there had nothing to do
with her death, but you don’t know it.”
“Of course I—”
“Listen to me!” Ethan closed his eyes briefly and
dragged a hand over his face. “Why would she have
gone into the streets at such an hour unless it was to
follow you?”
Derne just stared back at him.
“What was it you were doing there?” Ethan
demanded.
“I’m not telling you that.”
“You may not believe that her death has anything to
do with your foray into the city, but if she did follow you
—if she was curious about your dealings there, or
wondered if you had a woman—” Derne started to
object, but Ethan didn’t give him the chance. “If she
followed you for any reason, then she might have