The 2nd Cycle of the Darc Murders Omnibus (the acclaimed series from #1 Police Procedural and Hard Boiled authors Carolyn McCray and Ben Hopkin) by McCray Carolyn & Hopkin Ben

Author:McCray, Carolyn & Hopkin, Ben [McCray, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Off Our Meds MultiMedia
Published: 2014-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Back at the apartment for a quick change and a shower. And not a moment too soon, as far as Trey was concerned. He’d already had to wait for Darc to get finished, and that had been more than long enough.

The shanking of Chris Talon had left Trey more than a little shaky. And the blood that had sprayed all over both him and Darc had started coagulating, making his eyelids stick to the skin right underneath his eyebrows every time he opened his eyes.

Who had the cojones to stab someone right in front of two detectives?

One positive about all this was that the prisoner’s records were on file and accessible to them without the hassle of having to get a warrant. Darc had already accessed the information, and it appeared that this prisoner had just exited the foster care system less than six months ago.

That, combined with the voicemail Dr. Kelly had left him… probably while he had been busy with Tanya… pointed them right toward DSHS. Fantastic. Trey’s favorite place in all the world.

Not.

The hot water splashed into Trey’s face, lifting the matted blood and washing it down his body. The fluid swirling in the drain was a dark pink color, and Trey grimaced, trying not to think about where it had come from.

As the scalding water poured over his body, Trey heard the door to the bathroom open up. The door’s hinges were old, and they creaked terribly when they were forced to move. Opening or closing didn’t matter much.

“Darc, is that you?” he asked, getting a mouthful of water for his troubles.

But there was no response. Trey felt his heart pound faster in his chest. Had one of those freaky naked crazy people with the Ken doll crotches followed them here?

The shower curtain was ripped back, and Trey crouched down into his best approximation of a fighting stance. And came face to face with his very pregnant and very naked fiancé.

Who, on seeing him with his fists clenched and muscles tightened immediately burst out in gales of laughter. Trey moved out of his karate-ish pose, feeling more than a little sheepish.

“Okay, okay, very funny,” he growled, then did a double take. “Wait a minute. What are you doing in here? And why are you naked?”

Maggie gave him a predatory grin, and Trey’s heart quailed within him. How in the world was he going to handle this? She was too much for him at the best of times. And right now was not the best of times.

But then the counsel he’d received from Goddess Tanja popped back into his mind. What if he didn’t have to “handle” this? What if he just had to be there and present for his wife? Make it all about her?

Might as well give it a shot.

“Get in here,” he murmured, returning her smile with one of his own.

For a moment, Maggie seemed almost shocked, then her eyes softened and filled with tears. She went from ravenous sexual predator to the

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