Getting back to the motel, I grabbed my files and spread them out on the desk. We’d need to maximize our time once Kaius got here. With the murders escalating in number and in intensity, we needed to act as quickly as possible.

I wasn’t about to let another woman get snatched off the street only to be met by an untimely death all because we were too busy taking our sweet time.

Putting my hands on my hips, I glanced up in the mirror over the ...