“We got another one!” Frost announced as he walked into the office. Korsak looked up from his files and waited for the younger detective to continue. Instead, he dropped an envelope on the top of the pile of files.

“Hoyt?” Korsak asked as he lifted the simple blue envelope and peered inside. He didn’t need an answer. He knew that Hoyt was playing with them. Pulling the pictures out, he studied them one by one. An image of Jane in the grocery store, Jane at the DeLuca crime scene.

“Woah!” Korsak pushed back from his desk, dropping the last photograph and watching as it fluttered to the floor. “Did you look at these?” he looked up at Frost who wore a similar expression of concern and amazement and only nodded.

“But what do we tell Jane?” Frost asked as both men focused their attention on the image. Jane in her apartment at her birthday, her hair casually tossed over her shoulder and a beer in her hand. She didn’t seem to have a care in the world; safe in her own home she looked as relaxed as Korsak had seen her in a long while. Had it not come from Hoyt, he would have said it was a great picture.

“I think we need to talk to Cavanaugh!” Korsak sighed. He didn’t want to go to him with this, but Jane was in serious trouble and Hoyt had already managed to kidnap Jane while she was surrounded by uniforms. For the first time in his career, he doubted his ability to keep his friend and colleague safe.

“Jane’s not going to like that.” Frost stated simply.

Thrusting the last image into his face, Korsak exploded with rage. “She’s not going to like that Hoyt’s apprentice was in her apartment!” Frost back-stepped quickly, he hadn’t expected such a violent reaction from the older detective. “She’s sure as hell not going to like that we have no damn clue where Hoyt is or who the apprentice is!”

Korsak melted into his chair and sighed. “I’m sorry Frost.” He threw the photograph onto the desk and wiped his brow with a handkerchief.

Frost nodded slowly. He knew that Jane and Korsak had a complicated past with Hoyt. “So we go to Cavanaugh.” He said softly.