Free PureIndulgenceVSue by VictoriaSue

Carl Rodriguez.” Joe nodded and shook the proffered hand. Good, they knew he was ex-job. That meant he and Callum might get more out of them.
    Callum set coffee and mugs on the bar. “Help yourself.”
    “So, if you lot are involved, you must be thinking serial?” Joe didn’t like the implication. Callum raised shocked eyes to Joe.
    The other agent who had introduced himself as David McClare answered. “Do you know a twenty-two year old named Alik Grainger?”
    Joe heard the gasp from Callum and his eyes narrowed. “Cut the crap. You know we do.” Alik had been a regular sub at Breathless and had joined Pure.
    Joe sighed, he knew he had to play along. “Alik is a sub at Breathless, and an old club called Spanks. He’s a member here, but as far as I know, he’s in Miami.”
    “He’s doing marine science at U.M.,” Callum said. Joe was impressed by how well he knew what all the subs did.
    McClare took a sip of his coffee and shared a glance with the other agent. He put his cup down. “Grainger has been missing for over three weeks. I take it he hasn’t been here?”
    Callum shook his head, but Joe saw the glance McClare gave the other agent.
    “He’s dead.” Joe recognized the look.
    Callum stiffened. “So what are we talking about, here?”
    “I’m going to need a member list to compare with the other clubs.” Club privacy was an absolute and Callum would seriously piss off some people for giving out their information. Callum stood. “I’ll print it off.” He headed for the stairs, and McClare followed him. Joe felt suddenly ashamed that he thought Callum might not readily agree.
    “So you must have found him then?” Joe knew there was a reason they were here, and his brain was busy sorting out the possibilities.
    The black-haired agent ran a tired hand over his face. “Yeah. Name’s Mark Kinley by the way.” He stuck a hand out.
    “Joe.”
    “So what you doing up here then? Sounds like they all had connections in the Miami area.” Joe pushed a small flutter of impatience down as he saw the agent hesitate. For the first time since Friday he regretted not being in the loop anymore.
    “He was pulled out of the Hillsborough, not far from the reservoir. Hikers called it in.”
    Well, that explained why they were here then. Hillsborough was a nearby state park. “How long had he been in? Drowned or...”
    Kinley stood as Callum and McClare came back downstairs. “I have to wait to find out more details. We’ll talk more.”
    They all shook hands, and Kinley addressed Callum. “It isn’t very likely that both men were killed as a coincidence. I understand you will need to warn your subs, but I need a favor.” Kinley glanced at Joe as well. “I need to come here as a member. McClare’s gonna scope out Breathless.”
    Joe glanced at Callum. “Makes sense. We have a lot of new members since the auction, especially since Breathless has way more girl subs.” He eyed Kinley. “Dom or sub?”
    Callum chuckled. Kinley raised his eyebrows. “Oh, I’ll ‘Top’ here.” Joe grinned. Like that hadn’t been obvious. He glanced at Kinley and wasn’t sure how to phrase his next question.
    Callum butted in. “Will it be just the boys you will concentrate on?”
    The agent grinned full out, and McClare made a disapproving noise in the back of his throat and headed to the entrance. Joe heard a small sigh from Mark Kinley; he knew homophobia was alive and well and definitely prevalent in law enforcement. “Being gay isn’t something I exactly advertise at work, but this is important,” Kinley said. “I know you will warn your subs, and I wouldn’t ask you not to for their safety, but—”
    Joe nodded, understanding. It was a fine line between wanting potential victims to be safe and being too obvious to draw the killer out. “You could really do with a sub undercover.”
    “We’ve got a couple working the Miami area.” Kinley grinned. “We’re not exactly awash with twinks in the