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More laughter and the stalker’s hand lifted. Claws had burst from the jerk’s fingertips. My claws.
They’d taken too much from him in that prison. Not his life, but his beast.
A shifter who couldn’t shift. How was he supposed to survive?
“I thought about letting you live.” The wooden porch creaked. Nowhere to run, not with that devil in front of him. “I thought about it.”
Those claws were up and so close.
A snarl lifted Marcus’s lips. “I never thought about letting you live.” No, he’d planned to go after this guy as soon as his strength was back. He’d felt the beast trying to return. The transfer wasn’t permanent, he was sure of it. Once the wolf had been strong again, he’d planned to hunt.
But he’d already been prey.
A ghost of a smile appeared on his stalker’s lips. “Guess one of us is dying tonight.”
Marcus’s head pounded. His heart raced. He lunged forward with his fist raised. The beast inside was screaming, but trapped, trapped?—
Claws slashed across Marcus’s throat. The pain was hellfire hot, and the blood splashed down his shirt as he tried to breathe, tried to gasp, tried to say…Rita.
He fell to his knees.
“Two down.” The whisper filled his ears. And the last fucking words he heard were… “Three to go.”
Rita. He could see her now. Could see?—
* * *
The shifter and the ADA searched the scene. Their eyes—and their noses—probably didn’t miss a thing.
“You found dog hairs on the body?” Jana asked. “Just the body, nowhere else?” Odd. Those wolves sure were hairy beasts.
But what if they weren’t dealing with a wolf?
“Just the body,” Tony agreed.
Setup. Didn’t the cop see it? Marcus wasn’t the one they wanted for this. No way would a wolf’s fur—so not dog hair—have been left in one spot.
“There’s nothing here. Take me to the body,” Erin said flatly.
Tony nodded. “Let’s go. You and Jude can follow me in.”
But Erin hesitated beside Jana. “You don’t really look like a killer.”
Jana smiled at her. “I know. That’s why I was so good at my job.” Was, shit. She needed to be more careful.
Erin’s gaze dropped to her throat. “What got ahold of you?”
Oh, yeah, that. “A vamp.”
“Did you burn him? I mean, that’s what you do.”
“I didn’t burn him.”
The lady waited. Her dark hair blended with the night.
“She shot him,” Zane said.
“And you didn’t rip him apart?” Erin shook her head. “Zane, I’m surprised at your restraint.”
