Chapter 71

Well, shit.

Slowly, Bagsby came to his feet, the weapon never wavering. “You know, I liked you. Had plans for you. Then you went and stabbed me in the back.” He tsked. “Bad move.”

Donovan forced words past the lump in his throat. “You’re the stupid one, coming here.” He sidestepped, trying to put some distance between them while thinking of a way to take Bagsby down without taking a bullet to the heart in the process.

His polar growled furiously, battering to be let free to rip the guy apart. Donovan suppressed him by sheer iron will. Only the understanding that he’d never be able to explain the teeth and claw marks on Bagsby’s body held him in check. The last thing he wanted was to give some investigator an intriguing puzzle to solve and end up disclosing the shifter secret in the process.

Patience. Just wait for it.

The beast was too incensed to answer with more than a flash of teeth.