The Hex Files Box Set: Books 1-3 (Mysteries from the Sixth Borough) by Gina LaManna

Author:Gina LaManna [LaManna, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire, urban fantasy, paranormal, werewolf
Publisher: LaManna Books
Published: 2019-04-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

As it turned out, Matthew and Dani had plenty of time to kill. After Dani ran into Matthew’s chest, he held her to him in a moment of weakness, savoring their closeness as he searched her face with curiosity.

Her eyes were shiny with tears, which stumped Matthew. He’d known Dani for years now—through the ups and downs of her tenure with the NYPD, before, during, and after their relationship. During the worst of times, the most gruesome of deaths, Dani found it hard to shed a tear. Like most cops, she’d found a way to compartmentalize her emotions and deal with them in some other way. Seeing tears in Danielle’s eyes meant that something very, very bad had happened.

“Come on, then,” Dani said, pulling him back down the hallway and into the waiting room. “Willa was just checking in at the front desk, and her mother...” She trailed off at the sight of an empty waiting room save for the receptionist.

The receptionist saw Dani and brightened. “You’re here with Willa, right? She just went back to see Dr. Johnston with her mother. Willa wanted me to thank you and let you know you’re free to go if you’d prefer. But if you’d rather wait, you may have a seat.”

“We’ll wait,” Dani told her with a tense smile. “Can you let her know we’ll be out front? I need some fresh air.”

Matthew followed Dani outside, noting one sign after the next that the detective was seriously upset. Which was something that concerned Matthew because he knew Dani’s emotions rarely got the best of her on the job. He also knew better than to push her into talking.

“I think we should go back into the office,” Dani said, stopping her jerky walk in a complete halt. “I think we should go get Willa and her mother out of there. It’s not worth the risk.”

“The doctor is not doing anything to them in the office,” Matthew told her. “However, I do suspect the drugs he’s giving his patients are problematic.”

Dani frowned. “Do you think he’s killing them with medicine?”

Matthew hesitated. As a general rule, he never assumed anything. Until there was evidence that went beyond reasonable doubt, he hated to cast blame of any sort. “It’s hard to say without—”

“Enough, Matthew!” Dani exploded at him. “That is my friend in there with her mother. Her dying mother. They are the nicest people in this city, and she does not deserve to get murdered by a doctor looking for a payoff from some pharmaceutical spell company!”

“Dani—”

“Detective!” she roared, snarling at him as she spun away. “This is not personal.”

“It is,” he said calmly. “What’s going on here?”

“It’s just...I don’t—” She heaved a few breaths, then fell against Matthew’s chest and began to sob.

For once, the vampire was at a loss. He raised his hands, circled them firmly around her, and let her cry. He’d rarely seen Dani so broken down, so sad. He’d been there for her when Trenton had died, but that had been different.

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