CHAPTER 40While he waited for backup, Jim tried to clean up the evidence as well as he could. It was almost impossible. Alaric’s fingerprints would be on the gun with Cathal’s. Cathal’s blood would be mixed with Alaric’s and Kira’s. Jim knew he’d have some explaining to do.
But the truth was too weird even for him. He wondered if werewolf blood looked like wolf blood under the microscope. Probably not, he suspected. The only thing he had going for him was the fact that there weren’t any human bodies. Otherwise, there’d be a full-blown investigation.
“Police!” shouted an officer.
“Kevin?” Jim shouted back, hardly believing his good fortune. It was his partner. “It’s me, Jim. Coast clear.”
Kevin opened the door tentatively and holstered his gun as he saw the blood and the dead wolf. Kevi
