(eng) Kalayna Price - Haven 01 by Once Bitten

Author:Once Bitten [Bitten, Once]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I let the door to the apartment building swing shut behind me. Counting Phyllis and Lorna's places, this was the sixth scene we'd checked since splitting up, and it had been a complete waste of time. Like two of the others, this scene had been cleaned, recarpeted, repainted, and was ready to be put back on the market. Not a trace of evidence was left behind, but at least it hadn't been like the duplex we'd checked—that one had already been rented out again.

Hopefully the guys were having better luck. Since we were supposed to meet Candice in less than an hour, we'd had to split up to cover enough of the locations. Bobby and I were the noses for either group, but it had come down to a coin toss on the bus to determine whether I went with Gil or Nathanial. I might have fudged the toss a little.

"Where is the next one?” I asked, looking at Gil.

She pulled out her scroll. “Thirteen twenty-two Longstreet."

We walked in silence, and I mentally counted the blocks. Three women had been murdered on this street, each in a different location. I studied the buildings we passed. None were as dilapidated as Lorna's complex, but they were a far cry from Phyllis's expensive condo. So what brought the rogue back to this street multiple times? Or was that the wrong question? Maybe I needed to know what the women in this neighborhood had in common that would draw the attention of the rogue.

"That should be it.” Gil pointed to a building across the street on the next block. The three-story complex looked as run down as the one we'd just left.

We stepped into the street, and the wind shifted. I froze, throwing my arm out to stop Gil.

She turned, her eyebrow lifting. “Let me guess. Shifter, and probably a hunter after us?"

I nodded, then tilted my head back and breathed deeply. Definitely male, and wolf—which made the skin along my spine crawl. His scent was vaguely familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Was it someone I recognized from Evan's memories? I breathed in again, hoping for better information. Nothing. Damn, I was already losing the scent, but judging by the direction of the wind, he was somewhere near the next crime scene on the list, where we were supposed to meet Nathanial and Bobby. I glanced around. The street was empty, no sign of the hunter.

Where was he? Had he caught my scent already? Actually, it wasn't my scent, it was Evan's. If I recognized the hunter's scent from Evan's memories, maybe the hunter had recognized Evan's scent and moved on. A nice thought, but I wasn't going to depend on that possibility.

An alley carved a path between the building beside us and the one we'd just passed. I doubled back, ducking into it.

Gil followed, her small mouth twisting. “What are we doing?"

I pointed across the street. “Hiding. We're downwind of the hunter, but we can see the entrance to the building.

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