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I was not someone who had dated a lot of people in my life. I could count my serious relationships on one hand plus one finger, so the fact that two men I’d cared about had been assaulted—and one killed—in two days was weighing on me a lot. This wasn’t about me, of course, but I was feeling it big time… and to be honest, I couldn’t help but think it was a little bit about me. It was just too much of a coincidence that I’d dated Xavier and Adaire.
When we got down to the street, I managed to push aside my personal concerns as I scanned the street for Aaran. He wasn’t anywhere in sight, and that had me worried.
Apparently, it was concerning to Boone too because he said, “Beattie, Frank, you go that way.” He pointed left up the street, and he continued, “Ivan, you scour the side streets
