Bless The Beauty - By Stacey Kennedy Page 0,36

came from my phone, quickly followed by another. I glanced to my phone. “You’re not fucking here yet,” the message read. I laughed, as did Chase. “He’s going to rip us a new one when he sees us.”

“I’m sure you can put a stop to that,” Chase offered. “Now that I know you can do such a thing—that just might come in handy.”

I raised my gaze from my phone to give him a stern look while I shook my finger at him. “No abusing it.”

He shrugged my words away as if my thoughts were meaningless. “If you got it, use it.”

Kellen nodded firmly as he put the car in drive and headed out of the driveway. “My sentiments exactly.”

“Men,” I grumbled with a shake of my head. Looking back to my phone, I typed away quickly to let Mike know we were on the way. “He’s got a right to be angry. Who knows what’s up and we were busy—well—getting busy.”

Kellen and Chase laughed.

The sound of their laughter warmed me. I looked at them and just marvelled for a moment, in awe this had all worked out. Kellen was happy, Chase was happy, and I was bursting out of myself with joy. Not only was Chase all right with it all, he and Kellen were getting along. I might have everything I’d ever dreamed of and more—something I wondered if I’d ever have. Now that I did, I would never let of any of it go. I had a great life, a job I loved and two men who adored me. They were mine to love, enjoy and savour. Kellen for all eternity and Chase for as long as time would allow.

Kellen drove with rapid speed as he manoeuvred the flashy car with ease through the streets of Milwaukee. Fast enough that within only ten minutes, the station appeared just ahead.

Chase groaned when we drew closer. “Here we go.”

It didn’t take much to understand what he was talking about. When we pulled into the parking lot, Mike waited at the front with his arms crossed on his chest and a scowl planted firm on his face.

Kellen sped into a parking spot then slammed on the breaks.

When the car stopped, I jumped out as a little grumble escaped my mouth. “Uh oh.” I planted an ashamed expression on my face, which wasn’t all that hard, I did feel guilty.

“Damn cell phones,” I muttered and gave the thing a shake in my hand.

Mike’s expression didn’t falter. “While you have been off doing God knows what, a discovery has been made.”

I stopped midstride as confusion raked me. “What discovery?”

“Kelly Lewis’ body was discovered an hour ago,” Mike answered in a curt tone.

Then, he stepped past me, heading toward a rented truck. “Get the fuck in. Nick is waiting at the scene for us.” He glanced back, glaring at both Chase and I. “I came back trying to locate you fuckers.”

Now I felt rotten. While we were getting down and dirty, the young woman, Kelly, had died. If we hadn’t gone to the Mistresses’ we could have gone to the see the doctor and discovered what we needed for me to interrogate him. Our hesitation had just cost this woman her life. Nothing about that felt good. I glanced at Chase. He smiled softly, however, guilt lived in his eyes too.

Kellen, of course, was just Kellen. Completely at ease with what had happened. But why would he care, mortals meant nothing to him. If this was a vampire and she’d been killed for no reason, Kellen would raise hell.

I sighed away the remorse as I got into the truck and situated myself beside Kellen in the backseat. What was done was done. Maybe Kelly had been dead for days. Therefore, my guilt was pointless. I’d wait to hear details before I punished myself. “Where was her body located?”

Mike’s tension still radiated off him as he started the ignition of the truck. His fists were clenched around the steering wheel as his pissed off gaze met mine in the rear-view mirror. “At the market.”

Chase’s gaze snapped to Mike from the front seat. Surprise filled his face. “Right out in the open?”

Mike took a deep breath, obviously in an attempt to regain himself. “The market is closed during the week, only open on Sunday. A security guard found her body under one of the vendors fruit stands.”

Okay, well that eased my guilt a little. It sounded like she’d been there a while. “So, she has been