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“We found the truck,” Chief Daniels informed him an hour later as he crossed his arms over his wide chest. They were back in the city, at the police department, and Zane’s whole body tightened with tension.
“Where is she?”
“Hold on, son.” Daniels shook his head. “I said we found the truck. Not her.” He paused. “Something you need to know. There was blood in the truck.”
The world seemed to narrow around him.
“The girl was gone, but one of my cops—” Daniels blew out a hard breath. “Officer Wiley has got a good nose on him.”
Right. Because he was probably a shifter.
Daniels added, “And he said he smelled wolf all over that damn pickup.”
Zane’s back teeth clenched. “Get an APB out. The wolf is about six-foot-one, maybe one-eighty, blond hair, blue eyes.” Sharp teeth.
“I already got an APB out on your girl,” Daniels revealed. “I’ll make sure the uniforms know to look for him, too.”
But they’d already ditched the pickup. Hell, now they could grab any vehicle, any time.
“I figured she’d just run.” Daniels sighed. “Until I found out about the blood. Now I’m not so sure she went willingly.”
They were alone in the chief’s office. A small office, and one with a really crappy view. Zane forced his hands to unclench. “The vamp bit her back at the swamp. The blood could have come from that bite.” Could have. But if that shifter had gotten her…
Should have left his ass chained to the wall.
A knock rapped at the door.
“Come in,” Daniels snapped.
The door opened, and Tony poked his head in. “We’ve got company.” Company that had made his whole face harden.
“Tell them to take a fucking number!” Daniels bellowed. “I’ve got a missing?—”
“A missing what?”
The chief froze at the female voice, then grunted out, “Shit.”
Daniels might be surprised, but Zane had caught the woman’s scent, so when the door swung open fully and Special Agent Kelly Thomas appeared next to Tony, he wasn’t particularly shocked.
But he was annoyed.
“Where is she, demon?” Agent Thomas asked, staring at him. “I heard the call on the police scanner. I know about the fire out in the swamp.” She walked into the room with her heels clicking. “And I know an Ignitor set that fire.”
Tony entered and shut the door.
Zane rolled his shoulders. Jana, where are you? “You’re right, Agent Thomas. An Ignitor did set the fire.”
Her eyes widened. “You admit she?—”
“Beth Parker started the fire. I can testify to that. So can two other witnesses.” He’d make sure Catalina didn’t disappear before backing up his story, and he’d also be sure not to kill the vamp until that jerk could back up his claim, too.
The special agent’s teeth snapped together and she gritted out, “Another one?”
“I can dig up other witnesses who will testify that Beth Parker started numerous fires in the area.” He was bullshitting now, but screw that. Jana wasn’t being exterminated. “Parker was the Ignitor, not Jana Carter.”
The silence in the room was so thick he could feel it weighing on him.
