She glanced down at the giant, floating space octopus on the cover of the fake book and frowned. What a strange thing for someone to have, but kids were weird.
“We’re going to leave now,” Brie said. “Once we’re out the door, I’ll send your friend in. The three of you are to clean out all the blood in the second cell and wipe down every inch of this place, especially anything you think we touched. Also, you’re not going to remember any of this. You’re not even going to remember being there when we were arrested.”
Having such gaping holes in their memories would beextremelysuspicious to everyone else, but it was better to erase everything than to leave bits and pieces behind. The other officers there today would already hunt them; they didn’t need any extra information from these three.
“Do you understand me?” Brie asked.
“Yes,” the woman said.
“I’ll be right back. I have to talk to the officer outside.”
Brie swept around the desk and strode over to the front door. She remained mostly inside and hidden in the shadows as she opened the door and called for the man to return.
From what she could see outside, no one was around, but she couldn’t take the chance of someone spotting her. The man walked stiffly back inside and stood to the other side of the door.
Asher watched as Brie gave the man the same instructions she’d given the woman. He kept his arms folded over his chest, careful not to touch anything else. Those fingerprints wouldn’t locate him as he’d never been in trouble with the law, but he preferred not to leave any more of himself behind in this place.
When Brie finished, Asher stepped out from behind the desk and followed her toward the metal door and the cells. “What are we going to do with the vamp?” he asked as he reached around her to pull the door open.
“Kill him.”
“Obviously. What about his body?”
“I don’t know,” she said.
“Are those wooden bullets in the gun?”
“Yes.”
“Good. Can I have it?”
Brie shifted her hold on the box and pulled her gun free. She should probably still be wary of him, but she couldn't bring herself to be after everything they endured today. He’d tried to help and offered nothing but support throughout today.
She refused to acknowledge that her lips still tingled from his kiss and itcould possibly affect her choices. She was too old and had been kissed by too many men to let this one scramble her brain.
No, she trusted him because she knew she could.
When they stopped in front of the cell he’d occupied, the Savage’s fingers were twitching on the ground as he started to heal and move again. Asher pulled the keys from his pocket, found the right one, and opened the cell.
He checked the gun as he walked over to the man. Stepping one leg over his prone body, he stood over top of the man as he aimed at his heart and fired. The rebounding sound of the gunshot caused his ears to ring as the body jerked before going still.
Asher placed his fingers against the man’s neck and waited to feel a heartbeat; there was none. Rising, he handed the gun out to Brie, who had walked into the cell.
“I don’t think he was far enough gone in his Savagery for the sun to turn his body to ash,” Asher said as Brie took the gun.
“We’ll have to take it with us. They’ll clean the cell, but we can’t leave this behind.”
Asher bent and lifted the man to drape him over his shoulder. “Let’s get out of this town.”
“Great idea.”
CHAPTERTWENTY-SIX
Asher settledback in the seat of the police car they’d taken from the station. The officer at the back door had the keys for it, and it was the one way they could ensure they’d get out of town without anybody noticing them.
They also took the SUV the other officer had arrived in. Before taking it, Asher checked to make sure the cameras were off, but the vamp must have disabled the system and the GPS before returning to the station.
Asher was sure the vamp didn’t want anyone knowing what he was up to tonight. When he was sure there wouldn’t be some way for the police to track them, he tossed the body in the back while Brie climbed behind the wheel. He’d argued he should be the one to drive the body, but if the police stopped her, she was the one who could convince them everything was okay.
