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Cara stilled

Todd’s gazeand she was using her knife on hi his head "Shit She had to be hitting close to his upper chest You saw the spray--"

Gyth whistled softly "You’re right Daot too close, and he couldn’t risk draining her He had to kill her fast, to save his own life"

"Uh, th-that seeht an incubus had been working with the murdered woman?

She’d been the lure

Her lips parted Of course! A temptation to pull in the men It made sense They hadn’t been bound for kinky fun, they’d been tied so they wouldn’t fight when the incubus appeared

No wonder she hadn’t felt the draw of another succubus in the city--there wasn’t another one around!

The killer was an incubus…

Oh, hell

Cara took a deep breath Theabout the wo with an incubus, she ot lucky"

Either way, she’d wound up dead and her killer had gotten away

Todd and Gyth glanced toward her in surprise Okay, so "lucky" hadn’t been the best word choice She licked her lips then said,

"Look, just remember what I’ve said, okay? My kind--we aren’t vulnerable often, so if you have the chance to strike at the killer, well, you’d better take it"

There She’d done it Given a human and a shifter the most prized secret of her kind A secret they’d need in order to survive

Todd’s fingers reached out and snagged her hand Held tight "What happened to the man who killed your sister, Cara?"

Ah, now this was the part she’d dreaded fro Todd had just started to look at her as a wo inside of her pretty shell

But perhaps it was ti Seven years

"I went to him in his dreams"

Todd’s expression didn’t alter Those brown eyes of his were steady on her

"I made him weak Made him want" It had been so easy And she’d been so furious He’d never met her, didn’t know that she and Nina had a bond beyond death

Her sister had wanted vengeance

Cara had given it to her

"Did you know…" It was hard to say the words when he was so close, touching her "That some can beco addict, needing a fix If the h, the human was helpless

She’d made Lance helpless He’d co He’d tracked her to her ho her

And she’d been ready for him "I lured him to me" So easy "When he found me, I touched him" She’d nearly drained the bastard dry His skin had paled His body had trembled Tears rained from his eyes

The rush of power fro And so dark Tainted Twisted

Lance had been evil A monster beneath the flesh of ato him-- too late

His heart had lurched beneath her hand So close to death To the hell he deserved

She’d held hi and the wisps of the eternal, and asked, "Why?"

He’d knohat she e had been in his eyes He’d sive…th--she still wasn’t sure how the asshole had done that--and he’d jerked a knife out of his back pocket One of those stupid, small, Swiss Ared the blade right into her chest

He’d uard and the bastard had gotten away

For a time

"Did you kill him?" It was Gyth who asked the question

"Don’t--" Todd snapped, shaking his head "You don’t have to say--"

She tugged her hand froretted that, hated her failure for years

"So the bastard’s still out there?" Todd asked, mouth hard "Tell me his damn name and I’ll--"

"He’s dead now" And that should really have s easier for her "The next day, his body was found in his apartment

Lance killed himself" That was the story that had been in the papers, anyway

More silence The thick, uncomfortable kind that made her want to squirm

"Is that the whole story?" Gyth asked She slanted him a look, saw the suspicion in his eyes

No, it wasn’t the whole story, but she’d told all of her part She’d confessed to the Monster Doctor about her attack on Lance before

And if Lance hadn’t pulled that knife--

Well, she wouldn’t have regretted his death Did that make her evil? She really didn’t know

I’m a killer Yeah, that’s what she’d told the Monster Doctor Because even though she hadn’t been the one to take the last breath from Lance’s miserable body and soul, she’d still been responsible for his death

"Check the Miami papersThey ran the stories on hi in Mia cities So easy to blend in with the throngs of people "The article said that Lance Danvers slit his wrists and bled to death" Too messy for her taste

But not for the demon who’d killed Lance

Suicide Not damn likely Not for a man like him

"Why did you tell me this?" Todd asked

"Because I wanted you to know there’s a point for humans and paranormals We can all be pushed too far, and we can all becoo night One without pity Remorse She would have killed him, and she would have loved every minute of his death

Her chin lifted as she faced them She’d just admitted to two cops that she’d atte to do now?"

Cara asked, voice soft

Todd brought hisher lips Her hands wrapped around his arhed