libido. She opened her mouth as if to speak, her tongue darting out to moisten her lips, the simple movement sending another spear of heat straight to his groin. The fact that she seemed to be oblivious to her allure somehow made him want her more. He wondered how she would taste.
Damn, what the hell was he thinking? Bad enough she was a witness in an active crime, but they were in the middle of the freaking station. The captain would have his head, not to mention his badge, if he acted on the images emblazoned on his brain.
“Detective? Should I change now or when we get to the hotel?” Sha’s voice penetrated the sexual haze, the husky tone ratcheting the pressure up one more notch. Her deep blue eyes bored into his, a matching desire smoldering in the depths. “Detective?”
“Uh, sorry. We don’t really have time for you to change now. We have a few techs who work down in autopsy that wear scrubs, so you shouldn’t look out of place if anyone spots you leaving. Check the bag, hopefully there’s something you can use to hide that hair of yours.”
She frowned and brought her hand up to touch a lock of her hair. “What’s wrong with it?”
“Nothing, it’s just distinctive and we don’t want people to recognize it from the video.”
Nodding her acceptance, she rifled through the contents of the duffle bag, pulling out a thick hoodie with a triumphant grin. “How’s this?”
“Perfect.” A sharp rap on the door signaled everything was in place. “Let’s get this show on the road.”
Luck was on their side and they were able to avoid detection as they left the precinct. The sun had just started to dip below the horizon, the sky filled with the deep hues of the sunset and the waning light worked to their advantage. Connor took the precaution of taking the scenic route to the hotel, making a number of unnecessary turns and doubling back several times to throw off any potential tails. When he was sure nobody was following them, he relaxed a fraction. Sha was staring wide-eyed at the streets of Denver, her full lips parted in awe.
As they halted at a red light, he decided to break the silence. “Don’t you have big cities where you’re from?”
“Oh we do, but it’s so different. I’m not used to such height and all that glass. We have tall buildings, though nothing on this scale. Part of it is to allow plenty of sky space for our flying creatures.”
“You mean birds?”
“Birds, gryphons, dragon—all sorts of creatures really.”
Despite all he’d seen this morning, he just couldn’t wrap his head around that. “Gryphons and dragons…seriously?”
“Yes, I—” Sha’s words cut off, her body tensing as if to prepare for an attack. “Something’s coming,” she warned as a piercing shriek reverberated through the air.
“Do you know what that was?” He scanned the surroundings, looking for the source of the scream. It was like nothing he’d ever heard and had chilled him to the bone. It sounded neither human nor animal; whatever it was, he doubted it was friendly.
Another shriek, this one louder, longer…closer. People on the streets began running, fear stark on their faces. A black mass blocked one of the street lamps that had turned on mere minutes earlier, but he couldn’t distinguish any features. “Sha! Do you know what’s out there?” She sat frozen, her eyes closed in intense concentration.
“Mother Night, it can’t be.”
Another shriek, even closer, this time accompanied by the terrified shouts of innocent bystanders. Connor reached over and shook her shoulder in an attempt to break through to her. “Now’s not exactly the time for disbelief. What the hell is coming for us?”
Her eyes met his, outward calm masking a hint of fear. “A banshee.”
Oh, shit. So much for luck being on their side.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Horns blared as frantic drivers tried to escape the gridlock, desperate to put distance between themselves and that thing . Connor
Damn, what the hell was he thinking? Bad enough she was a witness in an active crime, but they were in the middle of the freaking station. The captain would have his head, not to mention his badge, if he acted on the images emblazoned on his brain.
“Detective? Should I change now or when we get to the hotel?” Sha’s voice penetrated the sexual haze, the husky tone ratcheting the pressure up one more notch. Her deep blue eyes bored into his, a matching desire smoldering in the depths. “Detective?”
“Uh, sorry. We don’t really have time for you to change now. We have a few techs who work down in autopsy that wear scrubs, so you shouldn’t look out of place if anyone spots you leaving. Check the bag, hopefully there’s something you can use to hide that hair of yours.”
She frowned and brought her hand up to touch a lock of her hair. “What’s wrong with it?”
“Nothing, it’s just distinctive and we don’t want people to recognize it from the video.”
Nodding her acceptance, she rifled through the contents of the duffle bag, pulling out a thick hoodie with a triumphant grin. “How’s this?”
“Perfect.” A sharp rap on the door signaled everything was in place. “Let’s get this show on the road.”
Luck was on their side and they were able to avoid detection as they left the precinct. The sun had just started to dip below the horizon, the sky filled with the deep hues of the sunset and the waning light worked to their advantage. Connor took the precaution of taking the scenic route to the hotel, making a number of unnecessary turns and doubling back several times to throw off any potential tails. When he was sure nobody was following them, he relaxed a fraction. Sha was staring wide-eyed at the streets of Denver, her full lips parted in awe.
As they halted at a red light, he decided to break the silence. “Don’t you have big cities where you’re from?”
“Oh we do, but it’s so different. I’m not used to such height and all that glass. We have tall buildings, though nothing on this scale. Part of it is to allow plenty of sky space for our flying creatures.”
“You mean birds?”
“Birds, gryphons, dragon—all sorts of creatures really.”
Despite all he’d seen this morning, he just couldn’t wrap his head around that. “Gryphons and dragons…seriously?”
“Yes, I—” Sha’s words cut off, her body tensing as if to prepare for an attack. “Something’s coming,” she warned as a piercing shriek reverberated through the air.
“Do you know what that was?” He scanned the surroundings, looking for the source of the scream. It was like nothing he’d ever heard and had chilled him to the bone. It sounded neither human nor animal; whatever it was, he doubted it was friendly.
Another shriek, this one louder, longer…closer. People on the streets began running, fear stark on their faces. A black mass blocked one of the street lamps that had turned on mere minutes earlier, but he couldn’t distinguish any features. “Sha! Do you know what’s out there?” She sat frozen, her eyes closed in intense concentration.
“Mother Night, it can’t be.”
Another shriek, even closer, this time accompanied by the terrified shouts of innocent bystanders. Connor reached over and shook her shoulder in an attempt to break through to her. “Now’s not exactly the time for disbelief. What the hell is coming for us?”
Her eyes met his, outward calm masking a hint of fear. “A banshee.”
Oh, shit. So much for luck being on their side.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Horns blared as frantic drivers tried to escape the gridlock, desperate to put distance between themselves and that thing . Connor
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