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And when this case was finished, he planned to take a few days off and spend them in sheer wild sexual bliss with her

Provided that he hadn’t pissed her off too much in the ood when she said that

Sexy demon

Sex de to take hisa sex demon entailed He didn’t want to think of her with another in He’d hadpartners, so he sure as hell didn’t expect Cara to be pure as the driven snow

But he did not want to think about her with otherhtening his fingers around her delicate wrist "I don’t want the cops in the bull pen going crazy"

"You have no idea what I could

Oh, he was starting to figure it out

"The last victim, Thomas Monroe, was stabbed" Gyth’s harsh words snapped Todd back to the case

Cara blinked "But that doesn’t make any sense Not if you truly think the killer’s a succubus, anyway"

They were pretty damn certain that ho they were after

"A death like that," Cara continued, "it wouldn’t yield a succubus any power"

His breath caught "Explain that to me, nice and slow" ’Cause he sure as hell didn’t knohat sheisn’t really our way" Her lips twisted "Anymore, okay? Once upon a time--"

"And that would have been when?" Gyth asked

"Middle Ages"

Shit

She read his expression easily "While I personally wasn’t around then, demons always have been Get used to that fact, Todd

Your life will be sothere is ht"

Maybe Or s would just be five times harder

He’d bet his paycheck on option two

"A lot of deot a reputation"

He’d read a bit about that earlier Right after the captain had chewed his ass out and he’d made a frantic trip to the occult bookstore two streets over

"A lot of innocents were killed back then, blaht attention to the Other Not really so that my kind wants"

"So the de?" Not likely

"There were some ancient de They don’t rule over anyone, but back then, they--they kept an order, so to speak" She nibbled on her lower lip "I haven’t heard anything about those guys in years, don’t even know if they’re still around"

Great So if the big bosses weren’t controlling folks any deuys sent out the cazadores del alma"

Gyth stepped forward "I’ve heard of ’e Cara’s wrist Stroking her pulse point with his thumb

He dropped her hand Put some space between theuys are incredibly powerful Have few vulnerabilities And they’re basically the boogeyet out of control"

"Do these boogeyo after humans?" Gyth asked, eyes hard

"Not that I know of" Her broered "Anything’s possible, though"

Todd was trying to assiet this straight Succubi stopped their sex death party in the Middle Ages because the cazadores del al none of your kind has killed since then?" Not buying it

Cara hesitated "I’ succubi don’t normally kill Not anymore There’s no need The sexual culture today is so y just by going into a bar--"

Understanding dawned "Or by singing to a hungry crowd"

"As long as humans are there, yes," she said--and did a faint flush color her cheeks? "If there aren’t humans in the crowd, it won’t work Demon power doesn’t infuse us" A slanted look at Gyth "Shifter strength can work, just not as well"

His head was aching Te the cases before was tough "Fuck it We’re going to see the bodies"

She shook her head, sending the blond locks flying "I told you, I didn’t want--"

"Cara, I need your help House needs you--just look at ’em, okay? I wouldn’t ask if it weren’t da her into the Crypt was unorthodox as hell, but he was desperate With every word she’d spoken, he’d beco And to catch a ht have to use…a sex dee Cara could provide to him was priceless, and he wasn’t about to let her slip away Not when he needed her so much

For the case

And for…well, hell, he just needed her

She sed "Todd…"

"Cara, I need you"

Her gaze held his One breath of tiht"

Relief had his shoulders dropping

Smith had wanted someone with more "expertise" to look at the print on House’s body

Looked like she’d just gotten the perfect expert

"What do you think?" Danny McNeal asked quietly as he and Dr Eation roooing to be able to help you very , but her voice was perfectly controlled

"Could that woman, Cara Maloan, be a killer?"

Yes "I can’t answer that question" Her shoulders were stiff as she turned to face him "I’m sorry"

A line appeared between his brows "What? Why can’t--"

"Doctor-client confidentiality" The words were soft

McNeal’s eyes widened, then, "Shit"

Nice sum up, but McNeal had always seeo inside," she said softly When Todd had called him out, she’d felt the electric arc in the air as McNeal tensed

A growl "Can’t prove she’s involved yet" A pause "And Brooks has never been wrong on a case before"

But he’d never had one like this before, either

Elanced back over her shoulder just as the door shut behind Colin Damn, but this case had taken a bad turn Cara was a soman Smart Unquestionably beautiful