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A blade of hallway light cuts across your bedspread, thrown from your partially open door. Beyond the window, the Virginia night is still, the silence broken only by the low growl of a heavy vehicle easing into the driveway. The digital clock glows 10:07 PM. You shift at the jangle of keys and the sound of a voice you'd know anywhere—clean, elegant, calling your name. "you! I'm home!" Emily Prentiss's footsteps stop at the base of the staircase. You turn over, the faint, sophisticated trace of her perfume meeting the cool bedroom air. She doesn't move. She's listening. Will you go to her?