The Alpha King's Heart
The Alpha King’s Heart – Chapter 133

Ethan squared his shoulders, regaining his composure. “I have been insulted enough for the day by strangers and I certainly won’t condone it from a lady,”

She came a bit closer as if assessing his eyes. “Are you lost?”

“No, not that it concerns you but I know exactly where I am”

“Sure you do” she added with a tone thick with sarcasm. She studied him a little more and cleared her throat, she said “I think we’ve started on the wrong island, my name’s Kate,” She reached out.

“I am one who preferred not to be bothered this time of the night.”

“Ouch, that was rude,” she replied mockingly, “If you weren’t so damned cute,

I would have let your three little friends harass you”

“You know the people who were following me?”

“Not that it concerns you, but you should thank me. I could smell your fear from

a mile away.” She said. “You really shouldn’t be moving this late if you’re going to

punch like that.”

“I am not going to be counseled by a woman who also happens to be walking

alone”

“I can take care of myself”

“So can I”

She laughed. “I like you. What’s your name?”

“Ethan,” he said, “Ethan West” He braved a quick look at her. Everything about her

was screaming danger and fire. But she had the beauty that made every other

woman in his thoughts appear gaunt and ugly. “You are brutishly strong for a lady”

“Compliments will take you everywhere mister,” she said. “I’d love to chat but I’ve got to run.”

“Am I boring you to death already?”

“I beg to differ. I’ve just got a ravenous hunger and I need to get home.”

“If it’s the food you want, my house is just around the corner. I wouldn’t forgive myself if I allowed a woman to continue alone this hour of the night”

“And here I thought chivalry was dead” Her eyes had a strange glow in them. “I gladly accept your offer, but I think I’ll only have a drink instead

…

“Three dead bodies and no sign of physical struggle….” The police officer

worked his flashlight, assessing the victims. “The killer has a very strange M.O.” he cursed. “Where is this town heading to?”

“It wasn’t human, officer,” Detective Bradley Burke imposed as he crossed the yellow tape. Blue and red lights had already lit the side of the road. This was an active crime scene. “Those puncture wounds on the side of the necks are bite marks”

he finished.

“You don’t certainly believe that this was the work of a wild animal Detective

Burke?”

“If you’d seen the things that I have over the years, you would believe anything” he answered back absently. He knelt in front of the victims. “Did you manage to I.D them yet?” He could tell that these were common criminals, but no one deserves

to be killed like this. The first victim didn’t even seem any older than twenty.

“We’ve got John Quire, previously convicted on multiple charges of drug

possession, DWI, and robbery……” his debriefing faded quickly to obsolete words when Detective Burke caught an odd detail laying alongside the victim’s bodies. A switchblade.

“They didn’t have time to fight back,” he thought out loud. The killer was doubtlessly fast enough to hit them before they could even see it coming. “Officer, how long ago did you find the bodies?”

“Half an hour ago. We received a distress call from a woman who was just driving by. She has been detained for questioning.”

“Take me to her,”

The police officer led him across the distance, behind the yellow tape where a few police cars had parked. Forensics had just arrived and the usual scandalous

routines were about to disturb the silence of the frosty night. Detective Burke had seen so many dead bodies in his days that their faces were all starting to look the

same. The mind of the killers was never different. There was going to be found some

trace of evidence left behind revealing the inhumane intent and possibly the face

behind the murder. The lady in mention had been nestled and wrapped with a blanket behind an ambulance. Her car had veered off the road after spotting the dead bodies lying in

the middle of the road. She had been shaken up by the experience so much that she

was going to need a few weeks of therapy at least.

“Ma’am, my name is Detective Bradley Burke and I’d like to ask you a few questions.” He stooped low in front of her. The normal line of questioning would drive them in circles. Each second they would waste would lead the killer further away from them. He would only ask the one question that reveals the mystery. “Did you see anything unusual when you were driving here?”

She looked up, meeting his stern eyes, and her fear was lost in thought right away. She had seen something unnatural. The killer was still out there, roaming the night and he needed to find him, for his own sake, and for Danielle who wasn’t answering her phone. If the killer gets to her, this night, then his whole world would come tumbling down.

The woman turned to the officer next to him and then back to him, almost confused.

“Ma’am, it’s very important that you tell me everything you saw, all the gory details. I know this must be hard on you, but it’ll all be over soon.”

“Am I being arrested?”

“No, far from it. We just want to know what happened”

She sniffed, sobbed, and inhaled deeply. “Okay,” she said, “I’ll tell you.” She

took her time, bracing her memories. “I saw a man and a woman…” she began.