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Chapter 2

She didn’t look like a killer Her blue eyes were too clear Her skin too soft

She smelled of sex and embodied the best wet dream of his life

But she didn’t look like a killer

Which h the tay ers idly tapping on the wooden table She’d been in there for over thirty er or impatience would appear on her face, then disappear seconds later as her cool mask slipped sea than her picture had suggested In fact, the woman was truly daine her being able to lure those poor assholes to their deaths

He’d never seen a wo pants and tank top she wore, there was no disguising her appeal

Theopen, he’d realized an iht a whiff of her scent Jesus Christ He’d never sood Rich, like a wone A coht to his cock

He hadn’t just wanted her then He’d hungered for her

And the lady was probably a killer

Damn if he didn’t just have the shit-poorest luck in the world Or at least, that hat his father would have told him, rest the old bastard’s soul

Todd exhaled and wondered for a ht of this case Of Cara

His dad Tough and twisted sonofabitch that he’d been

Todd had never meant to follow in his footsteps, but fate souy could lanced over his shoulder, found his partner watching hiot the photos?" Todd asked

Colin lifted the azed onceshame that a woman like her is a murderer" Because he was still hard for her Could still smell her

"We…should be very careful with her"

There was a hesitancy in Colin’s voice thataway from the observation , he turned to fully face his partner "What do you know?" Colin had held out on hie still stuck in Todd’s throat, and he wasn’t going to sit around and let the saain

Colin’s stare darted to the woh broke from his lips "Yeah, well, so do those poor bastards she killed" And he knew it, too, but that fact didn’t stop the wanting What the hell rong with hiain, he’d never had a suspect like her before

"So’s off with her," Colin said

Now he snorted Yeah, Colin was sure one to talk about so off "Well, that’s ’cause she could be a female serial, and we both know that breed is rare" He remembered a report he’d read back in the academy Female serials accounted for only 8 percent of all the serial murders The other 92 percent of the kills were by men

But women were also said to be a hell of a lotA hell of a lot more careful with their crimes

Maybe there were ht Could be those wo their tracks

Todd rubbed the bridge of his nose "I think wethe doc in on this one"

Colin stiffened

The "doc" in question was actually Colin’s current lover, Dr Eist in Atlanta, and the depart her as a profiler

Yeah, it would be a good idea to bring her in and see what she thought of their killer

Colin’s gaze was still on the woman "Yes," he said softly, "maybe we should"

But first…Todd reached for the file "I wanna see how she reacts to these pictures, and then we need to get started on a photo lineup" They’d taken Cara’s photo shortly after she arrived They’d add it to soes, show the pics to the desk clerk

His partner nodded "Already got a call in to the teahed "But I’ll tell you now, uy will be able to ID her Even if theat her chest, he reeked of booze"

He’d noticed the heavy odor, too "Right now, there’s not usted as he felt, and for a moment, it was almost like the old days, before the brutal case that had blasted thehtened around the folder "The uniforet lucky"

"Maybe"

In the meantime, "Let’s find out just what else our lady has to say about Michael House" Because she knew the victi to make absolutely certain he learned all the secrets Cara was hiding

A pretty face had never swayed hi his job now

She was furious…and afraid And the fear ht-foot room for half an hour Thebad had happened to Michael She knew it Wasn’t going to be duh to deny the obvious She also knew that the cops thought she was involved

Not an ideal situation

Her fingers tapped against the wooden tabletop She’d been isolated from the moment she entered the police station If only she’d been allowed to see some of the other cops, she would have been able to use a bit of her power She wasn’t gifted with the power of complete mind control--only level-ten dehts of hu hypnotic suggestions into the minds of susceptible humans, as were most of her kind The hypnotic poas one of the succubi’s estions dancing around in her head that she’d like to--

The door to the interrogation rooainst the ith a thud

Cara sucked in a sharp breath, but instantly schooled her features They wanted her afraid, so she’d be damned if she let them see her fear

Deliberately, she leaned back in the chair "What took you guys so long?" As if she didn’t know they’d been watching her through that ridiculous tay ht they were so s her Well, no, not them exactly