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A grunt. “Trust me, blood on the walls isneveraverage.”
True. Erin sucked in a breath and tried to push her fear and anger aside. Antonio was catching the brunt of her fury, but the guy had already done her a favor by pulling in his team so softly.
The porch boards groaned as he stepped forward. “How long has this jerk been after you?”
She swallowed. “A year.” Maybe longer. Hard to say. She’d gotten her first “gift” almost twelve months before. But she’d read up on stalkers and their behavior. She knew they often watched their prey for months or even years before making a real move.
“Did you think running was going to stop him?”
Jude had briefed him on her situation. Well, Jude had told the cop as much asshe’dtold the shifter. Erin hadn’t revealed everything. Not yet.
She couldn’t.
“I’d hoped it would,” she said.
He took another step toward her. The scent of his cologne filled her nostrils. Antonio always wore his cologne. Not too heavy but?—
Another scent. Richer. Filling the air, surrounding her.
Shifter’s scent.
Erin looked to the right, just over Antonio’s shoulder, and she found Jude watching her. His big frame filled her doorway.
There was something in his eyes. A heat.Anger?
Desire.
“Your crew’s working hard,” Jude said as he stalked toward them.
Antonio stiffened just a bit, then eased away from her. “They’re the best I’ve got, and they all know when we need... delicacy.”
So they knew about theOther?Or were theyOther?
Jude came to stand beside her. His arm brushed against hers and sent some of the chill dissipating from her body. Handy talent, that.
“It’s human blood.” Jude’s flat announcement.
The cop nodded. “You’d know.”
Yeah, he would.
“This guy has a major hard-on for our ADA.”
Antonio wasn’t exactly high on the tact scale. Erin lifted a brow and managed not to grind her back teeth.
“He’s chased you across the state,” Antonio continued. “The guy isn’t backing off.”
“We’re gonnamakehim back off.” The words were little more than a growl from Jude.
Antonio’s dark eyes locked on the shifter. “This gettin’ personal for you, man?”
Jude didn’t bother answering. “Send patrols out. Have them keep an extra watch on the neighborhood.”
Erin gave a laugh at that, and she knew the sound held a desperate edge. “A patrol car isn’t going to stop this guy. He’sOther,and he’s damn strong.” Sometimes she worried that nothing could stop him.
She hadn’t been able to. Not that night, that cold night when he’d caught her in her bedroom and dug his claws into her as he pinned her to the bed?—
No.
