Murder in Misery (Spook Squad) - By Ashley K. Broome Page 0,69
heard what happened.”
“I would be surprised if you hadn’t,” Keegan carelessly teased.
“You saved his life Keegan,” Sarah stepped back and stared up at Keegan. She pressed her hands against Keegan’s face and forced Keegan to look at her. “If you wouldn’t have done what you did, he wouldn’t be alive.”
“I only did what he would have done for me.” Keegan shrugged a shoulder.
“Not every human would have done what you did,” Sarah pointed out. “You risked changing yourself by exposing yourself to infected blood. How many cops did you see helping the others who were hurt? Only you and Cassidy helped him. You two saved his life.”
Keegan sat at her desk and stared at the mountain of paper work that had been left for her to complete. She shuffled through the papers and let out a shaky sigh.
“By the way, if you were interested in the DNA results,” Sarah offered, “Bryton was a match at both crime scenes. He was the person who killed the Barr’s and Elaine Philips. And Cassidy’s tests came back negative.”
Keegan rested her head in her hands. A wave of relief rocked through her. Somehow with knowing that the right person had died for the crimes made things easier for her. If she felt a little relief for Cassidy she wasn’t going to advertise it but she was glad the detective wouldn’t have to worry about turning furry once a month.
Matt was asleep in the hospital bed. His face was swollen and bruised. His heart was beating strong as he slept. Keegan pulled the lone chair that had been pushed into a corner and pulled it next to his bed. She watched as his chest rose and fell with each breath he took. She let her fingers dance along the scratches on his arms and down to the tops of his hands. She could feel the heat pouring off of his skin.
Her heart broke a little for Matt. As a human he would have been cooler to the touch, especially with the amount of drugs they were pumping through his system. The warmth of his skin, the lack of stitching all pointed to the fact that he had actually began to change from human to shifter. She knew if she were to expose his pupils to light the rapid change from diamond to rounded pupil would occur. The color of his eyes would have even lightened a bit.
Pressing her forehead against his hand Keegan let out a shuddering breath, “I’m so sorry.”
He was alive. She didn’t know why she was apologizing for that. Maybe it was the fact that he was alive and one of the things so many people hate. Maybe it was because he was now something he had to relearn. There were so many things Matt didn’t know about shifters and he was going to experience them first hand with little guidance. He was going to be an outcast because of who he was and the role he had in the death of Bryton Anderson.
“Stop thinking you are making my head hurt.”
Keegan jumped at the rough words Matt had spoken. She looked up and saw Matt looking down at her with a cracked eye. His dark brown eyes had lightened. They had faded to a hazel.
Keegan tried to smile for him, she wanted to but she couldn’t. “I can’t help it.”
“Then stop worrying about me,” Matt coughed and Keegan grabbed the mug of water that was sitting on the bedside table. She handed it over so Matt could get a good swallow before setting it back down. “I’m alive.”
“But,” Keegan closed her eyes to gather her thoughts before she continued on, “You aren’t human anymore.”
Matt chuckled, “Is that what you are so worried about Keegs? I don’t give a damn that I’m not human anymore. I don’t care what anyone else is going to think about me either. All I care about is the fact that I’m breathing and that you’re okay.”
Keegan felt her heart stop before it jack-hammered out of her chest. She stared down at the warmth of his fingers curling through hers and squeezing her hand gently. She should be the person offering him comfort but instead here she was. Amazed by the way he treated her.
“I just wish I could have done more,” Keegan whispered. “You shouldn’t be here like this. You should be at work celebrating the fact that we did get the monster who killed the Barr’s and Elaine. We got him one hundred percent.”