Sealed with a Hiss: Book Four Supernatural Enforcers Agency by E A Price

and that was just the tip of the iceberg.  There had been accusations about him forcing female agents to have sex with him.  But whenever he tried to take the matter forward, the female in question always changed her story and suddenly decided she must have been mistaken.  Gerry really thought they had a chance to get rid of Barry a year ago when a lemur shifter became pregnant with Barry’s child.  But, just as suddenly as the other women, she decided she had been mistaken about Barry and even changed her mind about the child being his.  But in spite of all that, Gerry had never actually hated Barry enough to try and kill him before.  Well, there was a first time for everything thought his beast, almost cheerfully.
    Gerry, regaining a little control from his python, sat back down at his desk and opened Jessie’s file.  Looking at her picture helped.  He took a couple of deep breaths.  “I think we’ve finished talking.”
    Barry stumbled across the room as quickly as he could.  “You fucking lunatic!” wheezed the rhino.  “I don’t care who your fucking father-in-law is, I’ll get you fired for this.”
    Gerry smiled grimly without looking up from the picture.  “Have a nice day, Barry.”
    The rhino ran out of the room, almost tripping over his feet.  Gerry slowly came to the realization that he probably shouldn’t have done that.  On the other hand, his snake was thoroughly satisfied by the encounter.  It was probably a feeling that they should both try and enjoy for as long as possible – right up until the moment that he was fired.

Chapter Seven
    The crime scene techs scattered out of Gerry’s way.  He didn’t have a reputation for being warm and cuddly, quite the opposite in fact.  But usually, he didn’t make people run from him.  Course they’d never seen a glower quite so fierce, and considering the way he barked at a couple of agents for goofing around at the front of the house, nobody was taking any chances.
    He was not having a good day and he didn’t seem to be able to rein it in enough to be his usual calm and collected self.  The look Jessie gave him as she left his office still gnawed at him.  It was a mixture of anger, hurt and downright disgust.  His python was slithering through his mind, trying to force him to do something – to go to her.  But what could he say?   He already knew she deserved better than him, so what was the point of harassing the poor female.  She deserved another male, a younger male, a…  His beast growled, and he clenched his fists to stay his shift.  Yes, she deserved that, but the plan still was that they would be together eventually, right?  Right?!
    “Well?  What’s going on?” he snapped as he found Gunner.
    The huge bear paused.  “Ah, murder…”
    “And you called me out here why?” he demanded, impatiently.  “Can’t you handle anything by yourself?”  All he wanted to do was sulk at his desk for the rest of the day – now those plans were shot to hell.
    Gunner blinked in surprise at his tone.  Gerry eventually relented.  Before he met a certain squirrel he was determined to keep up to date with every detail of the cases his teams were working on, and even surprised and annoyed them by just turning up at the crime scenes.
    “What is it?” he asked more evenly.
    “There’s something off about the crime scene,” admitted the bear with just a hint of sheepishness.
    Gerry cocked his head on one side, and unease skated over his spine.  Something wasn’t quite right.   There was some kind of crackle in the air, like some kind of magic was at play.  He noted the dead body had already been covered.  If he couldn’t see the huge amount of blood, he would have been able to scent it.  The coppery tang was an assault on the senses.  But he could also scent that the victim was a male wolf shifter.  “How did he die?”
    “Well, the guy was beaten and tortured and then,” Gunner winced, “he was stabbed in the