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“Don’t blame ya.” Zane crossed his arms and leaned back against the window frame. “That’s one hot woman.”
Jude’s hand dropped. “Don’t.” A snarl built in his throat. Zane played free and easy with the women in the city,Otherand human.
But Erin was off limits.
“Oooh...” Zane smiled. “Sore spot, huh?”
Jude considered planting his fist in the demon’s face. Not like it would do permanent damage, and wiping that smug-ass grin off Zane’s face would sure make him feel better.
“You found out yet just what she is?”
A woman.That was what she was. Zane was a good hunter, but he could also be one Grade A Asshole.
“I think I’ll stop by the courthouse later. Get a good look at her.” Zane nodded. “I’ll see what she is.”
Right. Jude just bet the guy would “get a good look” at her. “She doesn’t use glamour.” Glamour was the magic demons used to hide their true selves from the world.
Demons really did look a lot like humans. The only physical difference was generally their eyes. A demon’s real eyes were pitch black—not just the iris, but the whole eye, even the sclera. When it came to demons, there was never any waiting until you saw the “whites of their eyes.”
Only darkness was in their eyes.
Glamour hid that darkness. The magic let the demons blend right in with everyone else.
Sure, the ancient demons were rumored to have a few more...obvious physical differences. But Jude had never encountered one of the horned and tailed bastards that some whispered about late at night. He figured they weren’t real.
Hard to tell in this world, though.
“You don’t know, Donovan.” Zane shrugged. “Let me get a look at her,I’llknow.”
Erin was a hybrid. Heknewthat. She’d said her father was psychic. Not a demon, just psychic.
But she’d been lying. Shadows had appeared in her golden eyes.
Tonight, he’d get the truth from her.
“You turn up anything on her background yet?” he asked the demon.
Zane’s smile dimmed. “You know I hate doing the grunt work.”
True. Zane liked to be out on the streets, kicking the shit out of the deserving. “Yeah, but I got seniority.” Life could be a bitch.
“Asshole.” Zane shook his head. “Her mom abandoned her, dropped her off on her father’s doorstep when she was fifteen.”
Jude tensed. Abandoned? Not really the shifter way. Even the damn coyotes kept their kids close. Why would her mother leave her?
Fifteen. Right at puberty. The time of the first shift.
“The dad took her in, but he passed away during her first year of college.”
Talk about getting a hard punch in the face. Abandoned by one, and death took the other. “Any other family?”
“Not that I can tell. But with the mom? Could be.”
Jude’s fingers tapped against the desktop. “Track the mom, see what you can find out.” A shifter mother? And a shifter stalker. No way could he overlook that lead.
“Will do.”
Jude frowned. “Where’s Dee?” He hadn’t seen her all morning.
