章 30: Victory Short Lived

***Tamara***

Jackpot, I felt like I had secured one the moment Mimi stated that we could catch the villain with Monica's scent. These bloodied papers had been tormenting me for weeks. They lodged themselves deep in my brain and ate up my brain cells, forcing my systems to go overdrive.

I couldn't contain my feet as they padded on the area rug in our sitting room, from one edge to another. The bond link was left open and even so, my pulse kept on spiking up with every minute that went by, without any update from Ryker. I had already

groomed myself up for good news and nothing could have stopped me from smiling as I pictured it all.