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“Problem?” I ask.

“Always.”

Figures.

“What kind?”

“The kind that didn’t die with Daniel.”

That gets my full attention.

I step closer. “Talk.”

Blaze finally looks up.

Serious now.

“Daniel wasn’t operating clean,” he says. “He had help.”

A cold edge slides into my chest.

“What kind of help?”

“Financial. Digital. Movement tracking. Somebody was feeding him information.”

I glance toward the living room.

Toward her.

“Who?” I ask.

Blaze shakes his head. “Still digging. But this—” he taps the screen “—this wasn’t just obsession. This was supported obsession.”

That’s worse.

A lot worse.

Because obsession you can predict.

You can trap.

You can end.

But someone backing him?

That’s a whole different problem.

“Does she know?” Blaze asks quietly.

I follow his gaze.

Tessa’s still on the couch.

Watching us.

Reading us.

Smart.