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Day Fifty Three.

Castle and I were having a quiet drink down at the Old Haunt when Royce sauntered in. He introduced himself as "Nikki's favorite TA from when she was an undergrad" and the person who first encouraged me to pursue my doctorate. Surprisingly, it fits our cover well. Castle and Royce hit it off right away, trading stories and laughing. He mentioned he was into bounty hunting now, and Castle started asking him questions about his job "for research!"

Royce pulled out his phone and showed us a photo of Hunt, telling us that was his current mark. Castle paled visibly, said he knew the guy, and knew he was into something bad, but hadn't realized it was "bounty hunter bad".

He identified Hunt as a contact he had used at times for research, named Anderson Cross.

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