"I guess he thought that would scare me. If anything, it makes me angry that this young woman died because of his misconstrued beliefs. You need to stop him before he kills anyone else." Natalia looked at Dennis. He couldn't believe she wasn't crying and acting terrified that Jon might get her next. "We're doing everything we can. I was hoping to get more information out of Cliff, but it seems like Jon was using him as a pawn. I don't want you going out for anything. If you have doctor appointments, make them come here. Let as few people in as possible. I don't know if he has any others he's using, but he already got to Linnette and Cliff. We need to consider everyone around you a suspect." Dennis looked toward Dorian, who was on the computer, and Hayden let out a small laugh. "You don't need to worry about Dorian. He's like the Peter Pan of the cyber world. He is one of the few people I trust with my and Natalia's lives." Hayden was looking toward his cousin, who l
Jon had pretended to go toward the kitchen but snuck out a side door. He was angry. He'd been so close to Natalia, and his rage had almost gotten the better of him when he saw her sitting in Hayden's arms. She had never been like that with him. He never understood when people said you could feel how much two people love each other, but he now understood after being in their presence for a few minutes. He may be unable to feel anything himself, but their love for one another was so strong it almost choked him. He walked across the street and sat at an outdoor table at a small restaurant. Even if Jon had been unable to touch them, their food had already been poisoned. Nothing too intense, just enough to make them sick. He wanted to get them out of the hotel where they would be more vulnerable. As he waited, he began getting nervous. Did he use too much? Were they lying up there dead? After about thirty minutes, he was getting worried that he had accidentally overdosed h
Natalia, Hayden, and Dorian ate their dinner in silence. They were all lost in their thoughts about how close Jon had gotten to them, with no one realizing it. Hayden had called Dennis and told him what had happened. He also told him what Dorian had found on the cameras. By the time Dennis had alerted the officers in the lobby, Jon was long gone. At least they now knew how he was able to hide so openly. Natalia felt ashamed that she had once loved him and thought he had loved her. She was angry at herself for shedding one tear over how he had hurt her. Hayden was angry at everyone, including himself. Jon could still get into the hotel and their room with all the security they had set up. He looked at Natalia and saw the worry on her pretty face. He took her hand, and she looked up at him. "It won't happen again." He said to her seriously. She instantly knew what he was talking about and nodded. "At least now we know he's wearing masks to hide his identity. Do you think Denn
Andy got to Dennis' within thirty minutes. The detective had everything set up in one of the conference rooms. He had two dry-erase boards covered with pictures. One had photos of the murders, and the other had the pictures taken from Hayden and Natalia's home. "Wow, this guy is sick. He's a cocky son of a bitch because he doesn't even care if people know who he is." Andy studied the murder pictures, and a few things were clear. He was murdering women who looked like Natalia. He enjoyed the dismemberment of the bodies, and he was escalating. "Are Natalia and Hayden in protective custody?" He asked, looking at the pictures of them in their apartment. Andy had seen the video of Natalia being hit by the car and was amazed she was still alive. "They are staying in a penthouse at a hotel. We have officers there, and they have their own security. However, with those precautions in place, Jon was able to get into their hotel room. He wore a prosthetic mask that looked like
When Natalia was sound asleep, Hayden slid out of bed and went to the other room to talk to Dorian. He knew his cousin would still be up. When he was working on something important, he got very little sleep. He looked up when Hayden sat next to him. "I thought you went to bed?" Dorian asked him. "I did, but I wanted to talk to you. Do you think you and your men can find Jon's current location? I will pay you whatever you need to find and get rid of him. I'm done playing his games. He's terrifying Natalia, and she's already been through enough." Hayden spoke quietly in case Natalia woke up. "I've been trying to find him, but I can get some of my men to help. Don't worry about the money. We want to get this man off the street so he can stop terrorizing these women." Dorian went to his chat screen and typed a message. "Men, it's time for hunting." "They'll know what that means and start working even harder, digging in the depths of the internet to find him. He had to have left a
"What did you find?" Hayden asked as he pushed Natalia over to the couch. "My men and I spent the entire night looking over the videos of Jon killing the women. We found a piece of mail on the floor, but we couldn't quite make out the address. So we came up with a list of possibilities based on what we could see. I had them check each one. This one is the only one that looks like a hit." Dorian turned the laptop toward them and flipped through the pictures. Natalia gave him a sympathetic smile. "I'm sorry you had to watch those videos all night. It couldn't have been easy." She said, and Dorian shook his head. "No, it wasn't, but hopefully, it will help us in stopping him from murdering anyone else," Dorian answered her with a slight smile. "I don't want to say anything to Dennis. If we can get him ourselves, let's do that. I'm done playing with him." Hayden looked at Natalia, and she was staring at him with concern. "Do you think it's a good idea to take this into
Nick watched as the man and woman walked down the alley. He stared hard at the man's face. Even though it didn't look like Jon, and the hair color was wrong, he had a feeling it was him. He took a picture and sent it to the team chat. Within a few seconds, he received a response that they were on their way. Nick was to stay put near the door once the couple went inside. After he saw the door shut, he walked down the alley and stood off to the side. He listened for any screaming, and so far, he didn't hear anything. He figured the woman was okay for now. Dorian, Kyle, Teo, and Colby showed up less than thirty minutes after Nick messaged them. Luckily the location wasn't far from the hotel where Natalia and Hayden were staying. They met him in the alley with the van. "Are they still inside?" Dorian asked. "Yes. I haven't heard anything, but they could be in an inner room. Even so, if there was screaming, I would have heard it." Nick was sure of it because the alley
"I'm going to make a call. I'll be right back." Dorian stepped out of the room to call Hayden. He couldn't let this woman go home because he was sure Jon would come for her. He also wanted to avoid calling the police and getting them involved. Dorian wanted to ask Hayden what he should do with her. "Hello?" Hayden answered while putting the phone on speaker so Natalia could also hear. "We have a situation. We were right. This is Jon's kill location. However, he had a wire trap set, so it alerted him when we picked the lock. He was able to get away, but we have the girl he'd brought here. Luckily we got in before he had a chance to hurt her. The issue we're having is that he took her phone and wallet when he left, so he has her home address. I'm not comfortable letting her go home when I'm almost certain he's going to come after her." Hayden looked at Natalia. He could tell she was upset they hadn't gotten Jon and concerned for the young woman. "Is she willing to c