“While I was reading the case,” Evvy said louder, “it seemed to me that there was a certain temporal pattern in the actions that took place with Madeleine. I think that someone is trying to get her by a certain date. I could make calculations, to see which astrological events are coming, and which of them happened three years ago, maybe I would find some kind of connection.” Darnell looked up at the girl, and she immediately glanced away. So she, in fact, knew what to come to him with. “Fine. Do it,” Darnell nodded and started reading the folder that she had brought him. “But I need Madeleine for this,” Evangeline added hardly audibly. “What for?” The man frowned suspiciously, and the girl flinched. “I need to ask her a lot of questions. About her life, about various dates, about her

