Free The Body Hunters by Raven Newcastle Page A

Black Ops missions for the United States .
                 "Damn, bad hombre." Alejandro was awed.
                 "What about you? You military, Ramirez? "
                 "Army."The younger man returned. "I took some shrapnel from an IED. I went back to college and joined the Bureau after I got my Bachelor's. I worked the Cyber Crimes Unit until I was up to par for being a field agent. "
                 Aiden's superior who knew of his sixth sense was the one to assign Ramirez to the case. He was curious whether the rookie had been informed about his special abilities. After his conversation with Lucius Johnson, he was feeling rather paranoid. "What did they tell you about working with me?"
                "Uh, basically try not to piss you off." Alejandro answered nervously .
                 He was satisfied with that answer and nodded. "Good advice."
                "Can I ask you a question Agent Stone? "
                "Just Stone is fine." Aiden corrected .
                "Stone, why are we investigating a murder? Isn't that something the local PD can handle? "
                "The victim's father, Senator Cavender, carries a lot of weight in Washington. He made a few calls and got the FBI involved. It's called politics. You ought to start to get used to it. "
                The two men met briefly with the investigating Dallas Field Office FBI Agents in Sherry Cavender's murder case, Agents Holmes and Gaines. Holmes was a 15-year vet with the Bureau while Gaines had made agent three years prior. Overweight and big bellied with a face that resembled a bulldog, Holmes was the type of cop who had seen it all. Gaines, an elfin redhead who could have been a Hooters waitress, was a little more optimistic in her view of the world. Holmes and Gaines were more than happy to share the info they had accumulated in the case of Sherry Cavender and provided Stone and Ramirez with detailed notes of their inspection and a list of witnesses who had last seen the young woman alive and their statements .
                "Is the body still with the medical examiner?" Aiden asked .
                "Yes. What's left of it! It's all skeletonized" Gaines answered in a sultry Texas drawl. "We knew you were on your way down here so we kept the remains for you. Old man Cavender wants his baby girl's murder solved so he understands having to postpone her memorial service. I'll be happy to take y'all down to the morgue. You might be in luck, and Doc might still be there. "
                Gaines, who had been blatantly flirting with Aiden since he and Alejandro had arrived, volunteered to show the two agents the way to the morgue. The woman had made it a point to let Aiden know that she wanted him with every bat of her eyes and sexy smile she shot his way. She was very attractive! There was no doubt about that. If he said the word, Stone was sure he could have her anyway he wanted her. Maybe he'd catch up with her when the case was solved .
                 The coroner's office was a ten-minute drive from the Dallas Field Office. Dr. Wilson, the medical examiner, a hawk-faced older gent with a thick Texas accent, was waiting on them. Stone could imagine him conducting autopsies with a Stetson on his head. Donning loose scrubs over their clothing and face masks, they accompanied the coroner into the lab.        The smell of decay, of rotting bones and earth, slammed into their noses as soon as they entered the lab. If Aiden wasn't mistaken, his new partner was turning several shades of green behind his face mask. The medical examiner removed the sheet covering the skeleton. The contrast of it and the vivacious 11th grade yearbook picture of the girl, they had received from the detectives, didn't go unnoticed by the Agents .
                "How was she found?" Stone asked, walking the perimeter of the