Total pages in book: 122
Estimated words: 112382 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 562(@200wpm)___ 450(@250wpm)___ 375(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 112382 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 562(@200wpm)___ 450(@250wpm)___ 375(@300wpm)
We headed off in two separate directions, Law, Creed, and I headed for a less savory section of the city while the others headed to the more upscale Tenleytown area. No one spoke, and the atmosphere was completely different than it had been just a few short minutes ago. I got myself mentally ready, relaxing my senses, and letting everything drift away.
I never go on a job with excess shit in my head, that’s the fastest way to fuck shit up. The two men in the front seats seemed to be the same since they were silent as we sped through the night. Law drove around the block a couple of times just to make sure there were no unwanted bystanders hanging around.
The crime was only a few hours old, and there was yellow tape wrapped around the little ranch style house. There were no law enforcement vehicles or anything else left on the scene or the surrounding area, so after the second time around, I was let off at the end of the street.
I stayed in the shadows using people’s hedges and the streetlight posts to hide as I made my way back to the house. Most of the homes were in complete darkness with just a few here and there with a porch light on. I didn’t start using my senses until I was inside, finding my way in through the backdoor by picking the lock. This guy had been a cop? That was one of the flimsiest doors I’ve ever broken into.
I went right to the kill site, the doorway between the bedroom and bathroom. As soon as I opened up my senses, I got bombarded, which I expected. This might be a while. I crouched over the outline of where the body had been and felt the wetness of blood that had soaked through the carpet beneath my shoes.
The only thing that helped was the fact that I was pretty sure that I was looking for a female. Women have a different natural scent than men; it’s not as spicy, more flowery, soft. I closed my eyes and sniffed the air pulling the different scents into my lungs before separating them out. It was tedious as hell and something I know not many can do, so I took my time.
There was a scent, faint and almost drowned out by the others, but that scent was in the bedroom and the bathroom. I’d smelt it somewhere else, though as well. The backdoor. The backdoor that didn’t seem to get much use if the overgrown grass back there was any indication. Still, I wanted to be sure.
I walked around the house the way I’d expect investigators would’ve, eliminating their scents one by one until I was sure that the one I believed was the one I was after was the only one left. Once I was sure I slipped back out the backdoor and followed that scent to the fence. “Gotcha!”
I climbed over the wall and followed the scent on the night air, almost tracing the exact steps of my target. It was only when I was away from the house and the scent of blood that the potency of her scent hit me and stopped me in my tracks. “What the fuck?” I looked around, peering into the dark, almost expecting someone to be there.
Jason
I could feel her as the scent wrapped around me like a blanket. There was no longer any doubt in my mind that it was a female that I was hunting. Her scent was…familiar, though I’m sure we’d never met before whoever she is. It was familiar in the sense that it felt like I knew her on some primal level, someplace deep inside me. My body’s reaction was the most telling.
I’ve fucked plenty since I was a teen, but never before have I been affected by a woman’s scent, not to this extent. I’ve never used my senses with a mate, never shared that part of myself with any of the women I took to my bed. So why was this unknown woman having this effect on me? How had she snuck in under my guard before we even met?
I shook my head to clear it and spoke into the device in my ear. “I’ve found the scent, meet me around back.” Part of me wanted to escape, to get as far away from her intoxicating scent as I possibly could, but I’ve never walked away form a job. Besides, there was another side of me that was curiously excited about where this might lead. Plus, it felt like my body was calling the shots at this point, and for the first time in my life, I knew what it meant to be led around by my dick. It’s been hard and getting harder for the last few seconds.