When Shadows Fall. J.T. Ellison

little girl named Rachel Stevens has gone missing. I gotta get back to D.C.”

      Sam frowned. “That’s awful. Well, I know all the players now, and the hard part’s over. You can go back up. Xander can keep an eye on me. You can take the samples to Amado, and he can begin the tests. It gives us half a day’s head start. And we’ll come back up tonight.”

      Leaving Sam in the lion’s den with all the lies flying around went against his better judgment, but he didn’t see that he had a choice. She was right, the bulk of the work had been done. Now it was up to the evidence to lead them to an answer.

      Whitfield was studying him with those dark, unreadable eyes. “You’re cool with this?”

      He nodded. “No worries, man. I can take care of her. But you’re going to want to see this before you go.”