Chapter 21. The Boys Kaylee Sent

Rae POV

He called at 10:14.

"Saltgrass killed their own," Wade said. "I could smell it. No Black Pine anywhere in that building."

I let out a breath I'd been holding for two hours.

"And Rae." He hesitated, then said it anyway. "The dead men smelled like your vitamins. All four of them. Like they'd been taking the same thing for years."

I sat down on the edge of my bed very slowly.

"I don't know what it means," he said. "I'm telling you because I said I would."

I made myself think about one thing at a time. "And the sheriff—"

"The sheriff can't smell. She'll figure it out slower." A pause. "Rae. There's something else. I'm going to show you when I get back. I don't want you to see it alone.