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she found him, or something else—something Roxy
hadn’t seen or sensed that night—had done the deed.
The casual impatience of Naamah’s replies made
Roxy inclined to believe her, which left her with only
thesomething elseoption.
There was only one being she knew of that could
slink anywhere undetected by another supernatural,
one being that could possibly have slipped by both her
and the fire genie unobserved: a soul reaper.
And if itwerea reaper that had silenced Marin,
was there even the remotest possibility that Dagan
didn’t know it?
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That would be a “no.”
So who was lying here, and who was telling the
truth? The question actually made Roxy’s lips twitch
with dark humor.
They were all lying, including her.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
She is a flame which follows after Osiris,
Burning up his enemies
—Egyptian Book of the Dead, Chapter 17
“ARE YOU CLAIMING YOU didn’t kill him?” Roxy demanded.
Naamah flicked her wrist negligently. “It isn’t a
claim; it’s a fact. I would have loved to kill Frank
Marin, but I never had the chance.” Her lower lip
puffed out in a pout. “So I owe you for robbing me of
a treat.”
“Good luck getting payment on that debt,” Dagan
