Page 157 of Lau Ahi
I thought she would pass out. She looked ready to keel over and Vega had his hands near her to ensure she didn’t. But just like she always did she surprised me by standing tall in her seat.
“I thought her organ had just been removed but now you’re saying there’s cannibal activity? It’s got to be some type of initiation. No one stops at one kill and no one without some obsession with killers could do this and get away with it so fast.You would be right to think I could do it but I’m missing one key element.”
“And what’s that?” Alec hadn’t seen the other side of Asha but I already knew what she was going to say. It was the main reason I hadn’t bothered to truly think she could do this, although all signs pointed to her.
“A dick. That and the time to have done this. I wasn’t in town. I had a speaking engagement and just about a few dozen people can attest to it.”
“I knew that.”
Her eyes shot up to me, and Vega was subtly shaking his head, warning me to stop.
“You knew? You had me checked out.” The hurt was on her face probably because I didn’t come to her directly.
“I’ve had your whereabouts for weeks to ensure that you didn’t have entanglements that could complicate this situation. I never needed to look at it until recently.”
“To ensure you weren’t about to marry a killer.”
“You should know that wouldn’t have bothered me at all, Semira.”
She nodded but she still looked irritated. “Even if you don’t have enough for an arrest warrant surely this is something that can give you more of a reason to look into him. He has the type of pedigree that would fit someone thinking they were going to be in the Skull and Bones or Masons or whatever name slapped on this version of a billionaire death cult. Alec maybe you should try to offer your dick as bait to see what you can find out.”
“You’re serious?” Alec was looking at me like he couldn’t believe Asha was telling him to fuck for information.
She looked between the two of us clearly wondering what she’d said that was so wrong.
“Why wouldn’t I be? I wouldn’t have a problem doing it—“
“Please don’t finish that sentence. He is going to tear this room apart if you finish that sentence.” Vega was rubbing his head envisioning the damage I wanted to do at the mere thought of Asha using herself as bait.
“It’s not like I would ever go through with it.” She seemed offended at the thought but I didn’t give a damn.
“I can promise you that doesn’t make any difference to him.”
Neither of us spoke again because there was a knock on the door before Anderson strolled in. He made the wrong move and let his eyes linger on Asha too long like I hadn’t already tossed his ass around the fucking lobby for speaking to her.
“Can we help you?”
I had to ask what the fuck he wanted since he was standing there with his thumb up his ass like we were supposed to beg him for whatever information he brought his ass in here to deliver.
Remembering the last time we had issues Anderson averted his eyes from where they shouldn’t have been in the first place.
“DNA has come back.”
“DNA? From where?” Asha had that funny look on her face that was something between curiosity and dread.
He looked between me and Alec waiting for permission from us to speak. My brows went up silently telling his ass to hurry with the information. I knew she might be feeling some type of way when she heard where DNA was pulled from but she wouldn’t want to appear weak to anyone. If she were going to have a negative reaction she’d do it once he was gone.
“Around the teeth marks and the skin near where her organ was removed.”
“And?” Him telling us they’d found DNA didn’t mean shit if there was no suspect to match it to. Would it come in handy later on? Potentially. But right now we couldn’t bring in the person who seemed good for the crime.
“And what? That was it.”
“So there’s no match in the system.” Alec was stating the obvious trying to spare Anderson’s feelings but it was futile.
“No.”
“Bet.” I sat forward with my back to him, getting ready to run a few ideas between my actual partners on the case. Apparently, Anderson didn’t take the hint to leave. I turned around slowly and saw him standing there expectantly. “What?”
