Caridad Pineiro – Temptation Calls (страница 10)

Peter doubted a smoke would help him deal with the fact that he’d killed one person and critically wounded another. He watched the ambulance pull away, and then turned his attention to the CSU people who were busy taking photos and gathering evidence.

His captain tracked his gaze and said, “Did you have any other choice?”

Peter replayed that moment in his mind, going over each step the perp had taken. Rewinding the scene in his brain again and again, but no matter what, the outcome was the same. “Perp was firing at us. He had Rodriguez and White pinned behind their car. I had no choice.”

“And the second one?”

“Firing from the doorway. They weren’t going to stop, Captain.” The two teens hadn’t stopped the other night when they’d shot those kids and they’d had no qualms about trying to add a few cops to their growing pile of bodies. The prints they’d found on the van had led them here, to young men who had rap sheets already pages long.

“You’ll have to give a full report in the morning, Daly. Make sure you’ve got your facts straight.”

“Yes, sir,” he said and motioned to the two uniformed officers answering CSU’s questions. “They’ll be able to confirm everything, Captain. I did it all by the book.”

The captain grasped his shoulder in a gesture meant to reassure. “I have no doubt about it, Daly. You always do everything according to regulation.”

Peter nodded, but the comfort from the older man’s words wasn’t enough. Following the rules only made it a little easier to deal with the fact that he’d killed two people. The day that it became easy, he’d turn in his shield.

But for today, just as he had told his captain, he’d had no choice.

Chapter 8

Samantha, Diego and Esperanza swept through the crowd in the Blood Bank, hoping to find Meghan. It had been nearly a week since her disappearance and they still didn’t have a clue as to where she’d gone.

Esperanza thought the young vamp had finally decided to sacrifice herself to the light she loved so much. With a vampire Meghan’s age, it wouldn’t take that long. Just a few hours and she would be dead, drained of her life force by the sun’s rays. Another few hours and all that would be left was a big pile of ash.

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