A/N: A quick clarification: Edward is an FBI Agent. He's not related to the lady in the previous chapter.
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Prompt: Sly
Word Limit: 150
At first, the news reported the death of an elderly woman due to a severe asthma attack. Soon a series of similar deaths gets disclosed.
Initially, the reporters suspect it's because of the high pollen count in Pennsylvania. That is until the first woman's grief-stricken son admits to working in Danbury Hospital, which shutdown due to similar outbreaks.
"Shit!" Edward swears at the news just as Bella peeks over the flimsy partition separating their cubicles.
"You think it's what the nurse suspected?" she asks without any preamble.
He nods. "The symptoms match."
"Let's get the Assistant Director involved," Bella says after a pause. "If this has spread across state borders already, we need to alert the CDC."
Edward feels a sense of foreboding settle deep into his gut. It looks like while they've been trying to solve the puzzle regarding Volturi's death, the disease has been moving on the sly.
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