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something different.” Seconds later a blanket settled around her shoulders, brought by one of the uniforms.
    “Are you feeling dizzy or having double vision?”
    “No, neither.”
    “Do you know how long you were unconscious?”
    “Silly me, I forgot to mark the exact time I passed out.”
    His lips twitched in amusement. “I suppose you have a point. This is what’s going to happen. An officer and a crime scene tech will accompany you to the hospital and process you for evidence while a doctor checks for a concussion. Assuming you’re cleared, the officer will take you to the precinct where you’ll need to wait until I’m done here and can question you further. Any questions?”
    “I think you pretty much covered everything, Detective.”
    Connor nodded his approval then waved to a man wearing a light blue suit that covered his entire body. “Go ahead and process her now.”
    Sha stamped down the spurt of disappointment as she watched him walk away. Where had that come from? The thought left her shaking her head in disgust at herself. She needed to find a way out of her predicament, not moon over the detective. Resolved to put him out of her mind, she allowed the technician to lead her to a waiting squad car.

CHAPTER THREE

    There was something very strange about that woman, although Connor wasn’t sure what it was. Her evasiveness with the simplest of questions was puzzling to say the least. What had been most disconcerting was his reaction to seeing her once he’d arrived. When he’d gotten the call of a homicide and possible suspect still on the scene, he hadn’t been sure what to expect. During his tenure in homicide he’d seen everything from drug addicts beating someone to death over a dime bag to people shooting their spouse in cold blood just to avoid the cost of a divorce. There wasn’t much that surprised him anymore.
    Finding a petite woman with blue streaks running through her blonde hair sitting in a pool of blood didn’t faze him. The quick punch of need that had slammed into him, though… that shocked the hell out of him. He’d seen his share of beautiful women on the job, it was hard not to in a city the size of Denver, but never had he felt attraction to them. Hell, that was too tame of a word for what he’d felt just now and it made no sense whatsoever. At least he’d had a good excuse to put some distance between himself and the witness.
    Rather than continue to dwell on his reaction, Connor pulled on gloves and crouched next to the crime scene technician photographing the scene. He tried to remember the name of the woman he’d worked with on multiple occasions. Marla Sandoval, if he wasn’t mistaken. “What do we have here, Marla?”
    “We’re still waiting on the M.E., but he should be here soon. Some guy freaked out and started screaming something about demons coming and the usual ‘the end is nigh!’ bullshit. Then, before anyone could stop him, he raced into traffic yelling about escaping the demons. Poor guy got flattened by a bus. It was pretty cut and dry; Tony was wrapping up when the call came, so he’ll be over any minute now.”  
    Connor nodded, examining the body from afar. His hands were tied until Tony Moreno, the precinct’s medical examiner, arrived on the scene. At least there was plenty of evidence in plain sight. His eyes took in the details, noting the cloth that had been used to cover the body. It had been so saturated with the victim’s blood and body fluids, he almost missed the embroidered design in the center. He leaned forward, trying to make out the design, positive there was something familiar about the pattern. Runes? Recognition dawned. Son of a bitch! It was the same damn runes he’d seen twice before. This wasn’t good.
    “Marla, call up Tony and see how far away he is.” Impatience warred with the need to follow procedure. If he was right, this body would confirm he had a ritualistic serial killer on the loose. His hands itched to