CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE Riley could barely contain her excitement as she sat through the rest of the meeting. The other women who spoke complained about nonviolent issues, such as the challenges of child rearing and their general despair at the state of the world. Eris showed no interest in those other women or their problems. She didn’t say another word. When the meeting broke up, the women mingled in groups as they headed out of the house. Riley tried to get close enough to Eris to talk to her, but she was quite popular, with a cluster of women gathered tightly around her. Not that it mattered … What would I say to her, anyway? That I know she’s a killer? Riley was nowhere near proving anything of the kind. She needed to find something solid to act on. When Riley got outside, she kep

