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The screech of sirens reached her ears It figured the cops would be fast this one time, when she needed them to be slow Jade juh the broken door The wood scraped her arm Perfect Of course she’d leave DNA evidence behind at a murder scene But, hopefully, once they examined the body, the wise folks at the NOPD would realize they weren’t dealing with a normal stiff, and they’d make this murder victim justvanish
Other deaths had a way of disappearing in the Big Easy Mostly because there were soin the city When supernaturals looked to blend in with the hu cities It was easier for theht there Of course, in New Orleans, the city ht took on a whole new lanced to the left, then to the right Where the hell was her savior? Big, blond, and way too gorgeous had vanished on her
Freaking literally vanished Coht now Her savior should have stayed put, and well, doneaway froaze scanned the old ce
Blood drops
She locked onto those red drops and raced along the spattered trail Austin had cut her hero too deeply With that kind of wound, it was a that Az could walk at all She’d been sure Austin had severed his spine--or come real close--but Az had acted like the wound had barely troubled him An attack that brutal would have crippled her
Az had killed with a touch He’d been super strong And he had a endurance
Oh, yeah, he was theof for years--theAway When a girl had been waiting as long as she had for her hero to show up, she didn’t let the guy fly away
Police cruisers whipped by her Jade hunched her shoulders and rushed forward even faster The blood twisted down an alley Great Another alley that reeked of piss Why couldn’t just one ever smell like roses?
Her speed sloay down as she entered the alley Not rushing any now as she carefully followed the blood trail As far as she could tell, there was no way out of this dead-end alley Red bricks stared back at her and her throbbing forehead reotten up close and personal with the hard edge of bricks once and--
An ar, very, very strong male body There was no chance to screa to scream--because a heavy hand covered hervoice
But then she’d known Az’s touch instantly There was no th