{"id":258029,"date":"2026-07-13T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/deadly-mimic-heather-long-1\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:00:04","slug":"deadly-mimic-heather-long-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/deadly-mimic-heather-long-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Mimic – Heather Long (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThose aren\u2019t mutually exclusive, particularly when you aren\u2019t being honest about what scares you more.\u201d His expression shuttered and his eyes went cool as he took another step closer. \u201cCareful.\u201d \u201cOr what?\u201d I asked. No challenge. Just curiosity. \u201cYou\u2019ll accuse me of crossing a line you\u2019re already standing on?\u201d His laugh was humorless. \u201cYou think this is about control?\u201d \u201cI think,\u201d I said, evenly, \u201cthat you want her safe because you want her.\u201d<\/p>\n

His nostrils flared. \u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d \u201cI also think you won\u2019t forgive yourself if something happens to her, whether it\u2019s your fault or not.\u201d His jaw tightened all over again and I could almost hear the way his teeth ground together. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about managing risk to her. It\u2019s about staying close. You don\u2019t want her out of your sight or control.<\/p>\n

You want to be the one she leans on and the one who can rein her in.\u201d Every statement landed, and I found keeping my tone neutral was damn near impossible. Thankfully, I had practice. \u201cShe\u2019s a beautiful woman. Intelligent. Bold as brass. Sexy as hell. Absolutely comfortable in her own femininity. It\u2019s a seductive package.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGod, you\u2019re a son of a bitch.\u201d I chuckled. \u201cYou are not the first person to call me that. \u201cYou\u2019re also nowhere near as unbiased as you\u2019d like to pretend. Maybe Mallory is too close, but I have seen how you watch her.\u201d I\u2019d been expecting the accusation, so I just repeated my earlier shrug. \u201cI have skin in this game on multiple fronts.\u201d Obsession didn\u2019t just apply to the Unsub. There was a reason I was good at my job. \u201cBut I\u2019m not making the mistake of letting my attachments cloud my judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flint went completely still. Not explosive. Not defensive. Just\u2014 nothing. For a moment, I didn\u2019t even think he was breathing. That was how I knew I\u2019d hit it. \u201cYou want cards on the table. Then here it is. You care about her,\u201d I said. \u201cNot abstractly. Not just professionally. You care in a way that makes this intensely personal for you. I don\u2019t think you\u2019re lovers yet, but you definitely want to be. If you were before, then I\u2019d hazard she cut you off. Too much conflict\u2060\u2014\u201d \u201cMy level of interest in her personally and professionally doesn\u2019t make me compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re invested, Carter,\u201d I countered. \u201cI don\u2019t work for the network or a competing outlet. I don\u2019t care if you fuck like bunnies every Thursday during happy hour. I\u2019m not going to leak it or report it.\u201d He stared at me for a long beat, lip curled faintly then he shook his head. \u201cYou don\u2019t get to judge from the outside, especially after knowing us less than a handful of days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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OceanofPDF.com Deadly Mimic What would you risk to uncover the truth\u2014your career, your safety\u2026 or your heart? If it bleeds, it leads. And right now, the city is bleeding. As the face of the evening news, I\u2019ve built my career exposing corruption and dragging truth into the light. When a string of meticulously staged murders begins to dominate the headlines, I do what I\u2019ve always done\u2014I report.<\/p>\n

I analyze. I connect the dots no one else wants to see. I\u2019m the one who gives him a name. The Auditor. Because he doesn\u2019t just kill\u2014he leaves behind records, ledgers, and proof. He believes he\u2019s delivering justice. And once I say his name on air, he knows I see him. Worse\u2014he knows I\u2019m listening. The FBI certainly is. Agent Elliot Brewster is assigned to protect me\u2014and to silence me. He believes the killer is one of my viewers, responding to my broadcasts in real time.<\/p>\n

His solution is simple: pull me off air and lock me in a safe house before I provoke another body. But silence doesn\u2019t stop a man like this. It invites him closer. As the murders escalate and the time between bodies collapses, it becomes terrifyingly clear the Auditor isn\u2019t just watching me\u2014he\u2019s answering me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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