out of all my children. What happened? You even believed that you could fly when you were nine. Now though? You are the most pessimistic child I had the pleasure of giving birth to.”
“We both know when all that changed,” Keegan rolled her eyes. “I’m not going to risk messing up what I have with him anyways. He is a great detective and if I compromised what we had at work that could destroy the dynamic of SIU working with any department.”
“I wish you would just think about your self for once. Maybe then you will realize how happy you could be with someone close to you in your life.” Maria patted Keegan’s hand. “But if you are so determined to stay on your own then I won’t bother you anymore about it.”
“Thank you,” Keegan nodded before she glanced down at her watch. “Did you TiVo that fairy tale show? I never get to watch television anymore and I have a bit of time before I need to conk out.”
Maria rolled her eyes, “Did I TiVo the fairy tale show? Please. That is the event of my Friday evening that I do not want to miss. So yes I did record that fairy tale show. Would you like to watch it with your lowly mother?”
“I would indeed.” Keegan chuckled before wrapping her arms around Maria. “Thanks for being so awesome and not bugging me about things.”
“As much as mothers need to bug their children about things I don’t want to lose the precious little time I spend with you. I’d rather share that time laughing rather than fighting.”
“Me too,” Keegan curled up on the couch and patted the seat next to her, “Let’s watch some sappy fairy tales. They always make my day better.”
Dr. Biggerson and Matt were both waiting for Keegan by the time she made it into the office. The look of excitement on the coroner and detective’s faces had Keegan a little worried. The only time Sarah got excited about anything was when there was something truly unusual going on or she was about to head to a conference. Since Keegan knew she wasn’t going to a conference until next month and the case had by passed unusual by a mile she couldn’t help but be worried about what ever was going on.
Dropping her bag on her desk Keegan looked between the two. “Do I even want to know why you two are camped out at my desk at seven in the morning?”
“Judge Malone granted us our warrant for getting DNA samples” Matt started and Sarah broke in with a wide smile. “And he even is allowing us to take a mold of his teeth.”
Keegan felt her jaw drop in shock. “How did you manage that?”
“Judge Malone doesn’t like the fact an alpha could be using his status in order to hurt his people,” Matt replied. “He’s got a soft spot for supernaturals ever since he found out his boy was a wolf.”
“Huh,” Keegan rubbed underneath her chin as she filed the information away for later use. She scooped up her bag and grinned. “So what are we waiting for? Let’s get the bastard.”
Sarah let out a whoop of excitement as they all made their way up the stairs to grab Detective Cassidy and head over to The Jumping Bean where Matt already had officer’s watching Bryton to inform them if he was on the move and where he was going.
The Jumping Bean was full of the morning commuters and college kids getting their fix before the day started. The group of three detectives and the medical examiner wove through the crowd and made a beeline straight for Bryton’s usual table. He was sharing a muffin with Ethan Newton, unabashedly bestowing his affections on the man who was shifting uncomfortably under the attention.
Matt sat across from the men with the biggest shit-eating grin Keegan had ever seen on the detective. She, Sarah and Cassidy flanked his back and stood tall as statues behind Matt.
Bryton froze with a piece of muffin halfway to his lips. His eyes narrowed and Keegan could see the way they flickered to the diamond pupil and back to the human roundness. “What was so important that the Misery PD decided that they needed to interrupt my breakfast with?”
Matt pulled the folded up warrant from his pocket and slid it across the table “We have a warrant to collect your DNA and a mold of your teeth.”
“Oh,” Bryton plucked up the paper and his