Leon caught the change in her expression immediately.
Thallia was still looking toward the fountain, but her attention seemed fixed on something beyond the water.
Leon called to her gently. “Thallia?”
She pulled her gaze back to him. “Do you know what happened?”
Leon shook his head. “Not yet.”
The look on his face told her there was more. Her reporter instincts stirred. “But you found something.”
Leon considered her before answering. “I have someone I need to talk to.”
Thallia's curiosity sharpened. “Who?”
Leon glanced toward the neighboring property, but hesitated before answering.
Every instinct he had as sheriff told him to keep Thallia away from an active murder investigation. She was a civilian, and whatever was happening between them only gave him another reason to be carefu
