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“I want the list,” I ordered, making it clear he had no choice but to giveme the list of officers I had requested weeks ago. The cunt had it, he’d just been avoiding me because he knew I’d see the lies written all over his ugly face.

Eager to redeem himself, Victor walked around the desk and openedthe top drawer before pulling out a USB stick.

“It’s all here,” he said reassuringly, hope in his voice that he mightwalk away from this meeting unscathed.

I didn’t trust the corrupt fucker much to start with, but I trusted himeven less now.

“Show me.” I nodded to his computer, and he quickly set aboutlogging in and loading up the memory stick.

Sure enough, the screen displayed a long list of names for all thedifferent police departments across the state. There were fucking hundreds.When I nodded my approval, Victor removed the stick and handed itto me with shaky hands.

“You know I can’t let you go unpunished,” I said as I pocketed thestick.

His shoulders slumped in resignation and he dropped his head to thefloor as he accepted his fate.

“I know, Kai, but please, don’t hurt my family.”

He didn’t have time to react to me whipping my blade from its sheathtucked under my jacket and plunging it straight into his gut.I purposely angled the knife upward so it would puncture a lung. Blood spurted out and covered my hand as I held the knife in hisstomach. Victor gasped and blood spilled from his lips, but he didn’t try to pull away or get the knife out.

“I won’t hurt your family,” I promised him.

His thin lips formed into a grimace, but he gave me a small nod ofunderstanding. I could have easily killed his family in revenge for the death of my brother, but Victor’s death would be enough.

Besides, his family would be destroyed in another way. Whenpictures of Victor in compromising positions with young male escorts, and the leaking of his hard-core porn addiction I had tasked Miles to find, the family would have no choice but to leave their lives in Hollows Bay.

It didn’t take long before his eyes started to close as his life drainedaway. I pulled my knife out, blood spurting everywhere and pouring to the floor. I lowered him down to the ground as he took his last breaths, not giving a fuck that I was now soaked in his blood.

I wouldn’t feel guilt for killing him, nor would I regret it. But I’ll admit Idid feel something close to sadness that it had come to this. Victor was another victim in my life that Detective Anderson had targeted, and although Victor had died at my hands, I was all the more determined to find the fucker and bring him down.

Once Victor was on the floor, it took less than a minute before he letout one last choked gasp and his eyes closed forever. I wiped my knife on his ugly dressing gown before I re-sheathed it.

Giving my pocket a pat to make sure the memory stick was there, Iopened the envelope and threw the contents over his body, my lips curling in disgust at the images of Victor fucking a young man who was tied up, gagged, and blindfolded.

I headed out of Victor's office, through his house, and straight out thefront door with what I hoped would be the clue to finding Theo’s murderer tucked safely in my pocket.

Chapter 23

Riley

Ifinallyhadthebest night’s sleep in weeks. Actually, it was probablymonths if I really thought about it, maybe even years.

Had someone said to me when I arrived here that I would be lying inKai Wolfe’s bed grinning from ear to ear, I would have laughed at them and told them to get fucked, but here we were.

I rolled over and stretched out, his scent wrapping around me as I laidmy head on his pillow. I’d felt him get out of bed earlier, but I was still half asleep and not in the slightest bit ready to wake up. I figured he’d be going to have a workout like he did most mornings, and there was no way I was dragging my ass out of this comfy bed to hit the gym with him.

A devilish smile curled on my lips when I thought of a different type ofworkout we could have done though.

Last night had been un-freaking-believable.

I didn’t have much to compare it to but that was undoubtedly the bestsex of my life, and I couldn’t wait for a repeat.

I sat my ass up in the ginormous bed and looked around. Kai’s roomwas bigger than mine, and there was a sliding door that led out onto a balcony that overlooked the city. His bed dominated the space, it was so big, it practically consumed one half of the room.

Aside from the bed, he had minimal furniture, a chest of drawers, andtwo bedside tables but that was it. I supposed other than sleeping, he didn’t spend much time in his room so didn’t need much in here anyway.

Like Angel’s room, he had two doors leading off the main room whichI guessed was a closet and an ensuite. Not bothering with the only scrap of clothing I had, my robe, I hopped out of bed intending to look for the bathroom.

Reaching the first door, I paused momentarily at the sound of runningwater coming from behind it. Slowly, I opened the door and peeked in when curiosity got the better of me.Steam hit me in the face, and my eyes were instantly drawn to thewalk-in shower where Kai was, in all his naked glory, showering under the powerful jets.

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