 Electric Candle is available in eBook, paperback and through Kindle Unlimited. Marsh snarled and took a step forward. Lucas grabbed his arm, stepping between them. “This isn’t helping. Detective Forge is here to find a killer, and so am I. He was sent because he’s the best. Let us do our work, Randall. It’s Anita’s wishes. Have some respect.” Lucas’s eyes turned gold, and his teeth morphed to ones larger, more pointed and prominent, for a few seconds. Forge felt a stab of pride for his friend. Lucas might not have had much to do with his pack since befriending Forge and Simon, and other werewolves certainly did not approve of his career choice. However, the fact was Lucas was still the son of the leader of the oldest and most powerful pack in this part of the country. He wasn’t above using that when it was needed. Right then, it was clearly needed. “What can you…?” Forge waved one hand near his head. Lucas sighed and concentrated for a minute. “It’s the same, the burns, not as intense or extensive as on the other victims and an odd scent I think is Xylazine, but no sign of sexual activity.” “We can’t take him to your lab at the station like this,” Forge said. The man, a young male werewolf, was obviously not human. His chest, ripped open and semi-eviscerated, was larger and more barrel-like than a human’s. It was clear he’d partially changed when he was killed. The section of his face that remained had chunks of fur and flesh pulled away, exposing bone. One side of his skull was completely gone, and what was left of his brain was exposed. “There is no odor of vampire on him, but you knew that,” Lucas said to Marsh. “There’s also no strong scent of another werewolf. Nor human,” he added almost as an afterthought. “Well, he didn’t do this to himself.” Forge stood up and stripped off his gloves, wadded them up, and put them back in his jacket pocket. “What the hell are we dealing with that can take out a werewolf like this?” Lucas shook his head. He looked sick. Taking out a notepad, he scribbled some things down, then held it out to Marsh. “Here’s the deal. Give this list to Anita. She’ll understand what to do and will know who in the pack can get it done. Ask her to email me the results as soon as she starts getting them. I know how long preliminaries should take, don’t forget that. So, don’t get any stupid ideas about covering this up or cutting me out of the loop.” “You get this done, and we’ll make anything official about this go away. Got it?” Forge finished for Lucas. He was happy to be the bad guy and make it look like Lucas had no choice. Randall nodded but didn’t say a word as they went back to their car. Forge drove to the gate and stopped. Lucas leaned out the window and spoke to the woman officer. “No report and no transport needed.” She nodded and guided the van back the way they’d come. “You think this is related to the others?” Forge asked as they drove back to the station. “Yeah, I do. I think whatever is doing this can’t tell human from non-human and picked the wrong victim,” Lucas said and stared out the passenger window. Just Forge’s luck. They were dealing with something powerful enough to do that sort of damage to an adult male werewolf, and it was loose in his city.      Comments are closed.
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