Not long ago, Theo had looked me in the eye and told me the man would need a few months to recover. Now he was dead. I had always trusted Theo's judgment completely he was precise, controlled, never sloppy. He had been sent to teach a lesson, not to end a life. Which meant someone else had gotten there after him.
Whitney was still in the middle of her name change when the police arrived. The process wasn't complete yet, though Lewis had already found someone to push the paperwork through faster. She had been using the Morrigan residence as her registered address, and the name Camilla Morrigan had too much of Wisteria's shadow on it so Whitney had chosen something new. Starling Morrigan. A name that was entirely hers. That was why Nelson had come straight to the Morrigans' door, and because we had known each other long enough, he took the time to walk us through it properly rather than just issuing a summons.
Whitney's voice was steady when she asked, "How did he die?"
