As they waited for the police to get up to their floor, Jace and Carter both explained the shifter world to Amber, who simply listened and nodded, dazed but at least understanding the premise and why secrecy was so critical. If Jace had been only human, he was sure all of this talk of shifters and wolves and clans and dragons would be one hell of an earful too. A minute later, the apartment was full of cops, making arrests and taking evidence from the scene. Jace made sure the police recovered Egan’s body, not correcting them when they assumed he’d gotten knocked out of the window in the scuffle. Jace only regretted he hadn’t made his death long and more painful. But as he held Amber as the police took her statement and she nestled into his side, he realized he had everything he really wanted anyway. He had something more important than taking out the trash of the shifter world to take care of now.
