Hotter After Midnight

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glancing to his left. He’d know that broken drawl anywhere.
    His partner was back.
    “Yeah, that’s her.” She pushed the notes aside, reached for a photo. Held it up, stared.
    “Hmmm. Kinda pretty.” A chair shrieked a protest as Todd Brooks sat down.
    Colin swiveled his chair very slowly to face him. Todd was the pretty-boy of the precinct. Brown hair perfectly cut. Too perfect teeth. And big, brown, You-Can-Trust-Me eyes that he’d used on more than his share of suspects.
    The idiots couldn’t trust him, but they never realized that fact until it was too late.
    Brooks reeled ’em in, convinced them he was their best friend. He got their confessions, then those eyes lost their warmth.
    And the real man began to show.
    Normally, Colin almost liked the guy. Todd didn’t ask stupid questions, he minded his own business, and he was a damn good shot.
    The guy was also a notorious ladies’ man. He’d slept with nearly every female cop in the precinct.
    But he’d sure as hell better not be planning on letting his gaze drift to the doc.
    “She’s off-limits, Brooks.” Better to go ahead and make that clear.
    His partner just shrugged. “So she’s working the case. Big deal. We can still—”
    Colin leaned forward. “No, I don’t think you get it. She’s off-limits. ”
    Those puppy-dog eyes blinked, and the light seemed to dawn. “Ah, got her marked already, huh, partner?”
    No, he hadn’t marked her. Not yet. That would come later. Shifters always marked their mates.
    Colin stiffened. Where the hell had that thought come from? The doc was not his mate.
    Sure, he wanted to have sex with her, wanted it damn bad, but she was not his mate.
    No fucking way.
    “Pity.” Todd’s brown eyes drifted past Colin’s shoulders. “I sure would have liked to have gotten her on my couch.”
    “Stop thinking with your dick, Brooks.” Captain McNeal stood behind him, his brows beetled low.
    Brooks clenched his jaw. Then lifted one brow. “You knew he was there, didn’t ya?” His voice was whisper soft.

    “Hell, yeah.” He didn’t bother lowering his voice. His gaze lifted to meet the captain’s. “Having a late night?”
    “I was waiting to talk to Dr. Drake.” When Brooks turned to face him, McNeal shoved his index finger into his chest. “Don’t screw around with the doctor, Detective. We need her.”
    “I’m not the one you’ve got to worry about,” he muttered.
    “What’s that supposed to—”
    “Captain McNeal? Gyth? May I speak with you both?” Emily asked, her seductive voice cutting straight through the rumble of noise in the precinct.
    “Ah, sure, Em—Dr. Drake.” McNeal nodded to her but stabbed his finger against Brooks’s chest once more. “Don’t mess with her.”
    The captain pushed past him and Brooks exhaled heavily. Then he took a step forward. “Hey, I should hear what she’s got to say, too.”
    McNeal didn’t glance back at him. “Colin will brief you tomorrow. Go home, Brooks.”
    Colin easily read the disbelief on his partner’s face. This was not the way things were usually handled at the PD. “ What? But I’m assigned to this case, I need to know—”
    McNeal stopped, turned slowly to face the angry detective. “You need to know what I tell you. She hasn’t worked up a full profile yet. When she does, you’ll know.”
    He clenched his jaw, shot a fuming glance toward Colin. “You’ll fill me in?”
    Colin nodded. He’d tell him as much as he could. He had a feeling the captain wouldn’t let him reveal all the facts to Brooks, but he actually saw that as a good thing. Brooks probably wouldn’t believe them when they started talking about the Other, and he sure as hell wouldn’t know how to track one of them.
    “Fine.” He inclined his head toward the captain. “Then I’ll follow your orders and get the hell out of here.” His glance drifted to Emily. “But first I want to meet the doctor.”
    The captain grunted but stepped back so that Brooks

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