Free Night Howls by Amber Lynn Page B

of them were already asleep.”
    “Can I get you to come in so we can take some DNA samples and bite imprints?” Frank asks still trying to get Jake on Collective property.
    “Screw you, Frank,” I say answering for Jake. “You know damn well that you already have his DNA on file. With that, you don't need to do any teeth measurements.”
    “He is still our number one suspect. He could have left your place any time before dawn and you may not have noticed it.”
    “If you aren't going to do the job you are pretending to do, then I will get you a better suspect. I will hand the real killer over to you within two days,” I say ready to just shoot him for being a dick. He knows Jake isn't involved, but is messing with us anyway.
    “Really? You think you can solve this case before I can?”
    “Sure. I figured out where Nathaniel Rogers was within a month of being outside the Collective. I bet you still haven't found him.” It is a low blow, but he deserves it.
    He gives me his badass stare. It doesn't impress me and I let that show on my face. “I wasn't aware you knew of that name.”
    “I didn't know it. It just goes to prove what a charmed life I live.”
    “You wouldn't happen to want to tell me where I can find Mr. Rogers?”
    “”No, I think I will keep that information to myself. I do hear it tends to be a beautiful day in his neighborhood, though.” I don't watch TV now, but as a kid, it was force fed to me at times when they couldn't find anyone to babysit me. That might be part of the reasoning behind my disdain.
    Frank chuckles softly. “Cute. I will give you your two days to try to uncover a better suspect. If you cannot do it within that time, I am coming back for Jake. If that happens, my friends won't wait outside,” he says and then turns to leave. “Oh, if you still have Tommy lying around somewhere, I wouldn’t mind getting him back. He showed a lot of potential.”
    Potential of being a psychopath. Sadly, I do still have Tommy sitting down in my dungeon. Alex and Sebastian are not satisfied with the information he has provided, so far, and they are keeping him from me. I think if they would just let me do half of the things I have planned for him, he would be singing like a canary.
    “I think you better bring more people if you want to get out of here alive,” I inform him, but he doesn't take the bait and comment back. He leaves the building and his minions follow in his wake. I guess he figured out my thoughts on handing Tommy over.
    “That was a little too much fun,” Jake says sarcastically. I don't think any of us are worried about me not meeting the deadline. They have both seen me in action and know I am quick to get to the bottom of things.
    “Not as much fun as we are going to have. I think I am going to have to take Will up on his offer and you can just imagine the kind of mood that is going to put me in,” I reply and finally put my gun back in my holster. “Let's head to the set. Maybe by the time I get there I will be ready for my close-up.”
     
     

Chapter 10
    Making a deal with human devils
     
    We had to run home to pick up the Suburban before we could complete our odyssey. There was no way I was walking clear to the south side of town. I could have flown, but Clyde isn’t comfortable in the air.
    I park in the same spot I did yesterday, when we reach the gates of Hell. I have a feeling that Hell is what this place is going to feel like after only spending a few minutes here. I cannot believe I am actually considering going through with this.
    If I didn’t think I would be able to get my best intel by being a part of the action, this wouldn’t be happening. I thought about just doing the fight coordinating deal, but I figured I would probably kill or severely injure too many of them to find out any useful information.
    “Nyx, you have changed your mind already?” Will says immediately seeing me as I walk towards the group of people. I still don’t see a single