Elijah tried to tone down his smarts so he could make friends with the local CSIs. He’s checking out the crime scene information.”
Her lists twisted. “You won’t find anything. Trust me. My plan was easier. I sit in my apartment and wait for him. Let him come to me. Simple. Straightforward.”
“It gives him all the power—and the advantage. That’s the last thing I want to do.” Noah leaned forward. “Give me a few days to fine-tune an approach. For Jack.”
“You’ll use anything to get me to fall in line, won’t you?” Lyssa toyed with the necklace around her throat.
What was on the end of it escaped from beneath her collar. Noah recognized it. Jack’s engagement ring. The sight of the diamond twisted Noah’s gut. The memory haunted him in a different way from Lyssa. “You must miss him.”
“He shouldn’t have died that way.” Lyssa rubbed her ring finger, obviously trying to tamp down the memories. “Archimedes just shot Jack in the head.” She shivered. “He died for me.”
Noah placed his hand on hers and squeezed. “Always the hero.”
Lyssa swiped at a tear. “Yeah.”
“I miss him, too.” Noah swallowed down the regret. His friend had deserved to be happy. So had Lyssa. “Jack saved my life. And Reid’s. We were on special assignment. The whole thing went south. Jack was always the best shot. He came back for me and took out the sniper. He was a good man. I’d be dead without him.”
He met her emerald gaze. Something they had in common.
With a last push of the memories aside, Noah shifted in his seat. The past was over. He had a very dangerous present to deal with. “We’ll get Archimedes, Lyssa. I won’t stop until you don’t have to run. I left you once. I won’t do it again.”
Chastity walked over to their table with their order on her tray. Noah looked up at her with a smile, then he frowned. Perspiration dotted her forehead. Her skin had gone gray.
“Are you okay?”
She swayed then collapsed at his feet.
Noah vaulted from his seat and knelt beside her. Her muscles had gone rigid. She met his gaze, her eyes wide with fear. She tried to speak, but couldn’t move. He sniffed her breath. No odor, but it had to be poison.
Her chest rose once, twice, then simply stopped.
“No!” Lyssa cried out.
He started CPR even though he knew she had no chance.
The cook dashed around the counter. “Chastity!”
A customer dialed for an ambulance.
Noah knew there was no hope, but he didn’t stop. He met Lyssa’s gaze and shook his head slowly.
She closed her eyes and stared down at her feet.
Then her lids widened. He followed her line of sight.
Chastity’s order book had opened.
On the very last page. Infinity.
Archimedes’s signature.
Just below the infinity he’d included a new, second symbol. A small spiral moving counterclockwise on the page, followed by two words.
I’m waiting.
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