CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Riley was stumbling along a dark trail. The dim light revealed tufts of rough brush encroaching on both sides of the narrow path. Huge figures with raised arms were silhouetted in the harsh moonlight.
Saguaro cactuses, she realized.
That meant she was somewhere in the desert.
She was worried because she’d never been out in the desert at night before, and she didn’t know her way …
Or even what I’m doing here.
With her next step, her foot struck something large and soft lying on the trail in front of her. She looked down and saw a woman’s dead body with terrified wide-open eyes, her flesh so pale that it seemed almost phosphorescent.
Riley’s heart sank with despair.
Crivaro and I are too late, she thought.
There’s been another murder.
She reached for a pocket flashl
