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“I don’t care what powers you have. I don’t care if the fire is gone.”
But she thought it was coming back. She’d almost felt the charge a few times. Maybe—maybe the transfer had only been temporary. Knowing Beth, she’d probably killed the other paranormals who’d lost their power. Hit them while they’re weak. Yeah, that was Beth’s M.O. So the woman might not have even realized…
My fire can come back. Well, she hoped it could.
“Stay with me,” Zane said. “We’ll finish this freak out there hunting and then we’ll?—”
“You’ll both die.” The words were as cold as the night, and too damn close.
Jana broke from Zane’s hold and whirled around. Special Agent Kelly Thomas was there, pointing a gun right at them, and smiling.
Chapter Sixteen
Aw, hell, but she had bad luck. “I don’t need this now,” Jana said. Zane’s hands were steel tight around her.
“Do you think I give a shit what you need?” Kelly snapped at her.
“You can’t take her in.” Zane’s voice vibrated with fury. “She’s clear on those arsons. Your boss knows that. Miller isn’t after her. You’re supposed to be standing the fuck down.”
“I was.” The woman’s smile looked like a shark’s. “Then you and the Ignitor had to go and start killing again.” She shook her head but her gun didn’t waver. A long, black silencer covered the end of the weapon. Not a good sign. “I found that poor man’s body on your porch tonight. What was his crime, hmm?”
“We didn’t kill Marcus,” Jana told the woman, aware that her breath came too fast. A silencer? The agent had really gone over the edge.
“Marcus.” Kelly repeated the name sadly. “On a first-name basis with your victim? So you knew him, and you killed him.”
“We didn’t?—”
“He was dead when I found him.” Zane’s thundering voice cut across Jana’s words. He edged forward, placing his body between hers and the special agent’s. “Jana didn’t hurt him, and neither did I.”
“Right. I’m supposed to believe that.”
Jana guessed everyone was having trouble with trust tonight.
“You’re not taking her in.” Zane shook his head. “She’s off the list. Agent Miller doesn’t want her.”
“Screw what Miller wants. I’m taking you both in.” That gun still didn’t waver, and Jana was damn tired of it being pointed at them.
“I’d like to see you try,” she threw at the agent. “You really think you can take us both down?” Kelly didn’t know about her power loss. The agent would think she was as fire strong as always. And Zane was strong. Far stronger than the agent. “You’re out of your league, Special Agent Thomas.”
“The hell I am.”
“You know what I can do,” Zane warned softly. “Don’t make me show you again.”
“I’m a federal agent. You can’t threaten me.”
Um, he could and had.
Kelly’s voice pitched higher as she snapped, “I’m taking you both into custody until this mess is sorted out.”
“No,” Zane told her quietly. “You’re not. You don’t understand what’s happening here. You don’t realize?—”
“I realize some poor guy is dead on your doorstep. I know Jana’s a killer, and her lover—it looks like he is, too.” She drew in a deep, shuddering breath. “Cuff her.”
Jana blinked. “Um, what?”
“Screw this,” Zane snarled. He was fully in front of her now, shielding her with his body. Jana felt the hot rush of his power in the air. A hard buzzing filled her ears, like a thousand bees. Her knees began to sag, and her vision blurred.
“I’m not going out easily this time, demon,” Kelly cried. “You won’t get to me so fast. You’ll just take her out.”
