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Todd turned to face her His eyes were cop sharp "I do A succubus wouldn’t have needed a lure--not with the scent you can put out--and sure as hell not if all succubi are as sexy as you"

No two succubi looked alike--not even twins Her kind came in all shapes and sizes, but they were all created with one purpose--

to seduce

A succubus would never need another woman to act as bait to capture the attention of human men

If there was a chance that the killer was an incubus--and froass chance Todd was right about that--then she had to tell hi the private lives of de the hu her up

She held Todd’s stare and quietly told hiht now" The ood h positions in the city--but she had to tell Todd their names

Yet even after she told them, Cara knew that the cops would folloith Niol and find out if any other incubi were hunting sexual prey

Niol always knew exactly as hunting in the city That was the reason she’d gone to hi Todd’s bed She’d asked him if there was another succubus on the streets

He’d told her, sihtto others, he’d never lied to her

Cara realized that all eyes were on her now She licked her lips "I only know three, but there could be more"

Gyth stood up, fast

Todd swore "You could have mentioned their na for an incubus and not a succubus less than half an hour ago!" Jeez, she had been the suspect, and she hadn’t thought that a man was involved

Until now

"Trey Barker" She said his name clearly

Smith’s mouth dropped "The newsman from Channel Twelve?"

"No wonder my mom likes to watch him so much," McNeal mumbled

"Jody Rain"

Todd’s eyes widened "The assistant district attorney?"

A nod There was a reason why the guy was so well liked by the women on his juries

"And you’ve met the third demon"

Todd shook his head

"Cameron Komak, the bartender at Paradise Found"

"I knew that asshole was too pretty"

Too pretty A fairly nor these bastards," McNeal ordered "Track ’e you can about their lives for the last two months"

Todd stepped forward "Captain, I told you I wasn’t going to be shut out--"

"Brooks, get your ass over to Paradise Found andhe knows about the sex derin split Todd’s mouth "My pleasure, sir"

But she knew Todd would be in for one hell of a fight, because no one o with you," she offered, because she knew the demon didn’t exactly have a soft spot for her lover

But he did for her

"Good idea" McNeal looked so satisfied that she realized that had been his plan froer "She’s supposed to be in protective custody I can handle Niol on my own--"

"But she can handle hier jabbed at Todd "You saw her, Brooks, the woets in her path just ht"

Hainst the desk "Now, let’s get this shit wrapped up before any more dead bodies pile up in our Crypt"

Smith was the last to exit his office She waited for the cops and the succubus to leave, then she hesitated at the door

McNeal sat in his chair, and she could feel the heat of his stare on her back Her fingers tightened around the door knob--and she closed the door

"Sh voice

She turned slowly and rested her back against the blinds on the door, not caring that they bent and snapped behind her "You should have told ht after the first kiss" The kiss they’d shared here, in his office

God, they’d had sex on his desk

Theto s in his office

And once she left, well, she couldn’t wait to get back inside the rooain

She still wanted him

Damn it, a part of her still loved the asshole A part she’d tried so hard to kill

"I didn’t want you to leave me" Stark

"Why not?" He’d just left her in the end

A ers balled into fists She’d touched that jaw so many times Felt the rasp of stubble on her palm

On her entire body

"Because…youstare and sa honesty reflected in his eyes "But you walked away"

Noalked toward her "You don’t kno hard it is to keep secrets fro who you really are, and praying that no one else finds out your secrets--because if so soht to hell"

She understood that If the truth got out, God, she couldn’t even iine what life would be like in the world if all the hu around the didn’t ave "You didn’t have to walk You could have told me the truth "

"And have you look at uess the way you’re staring at me now?"

That stopped her cold Gyth was a shifter, she knew that, but the man had saved her ass He wasn’t evil

And as for the succubus, well, Smith didn’t know that woman, but she didn’t seem like she was a monster She just seemed…