Passing the Torch (Devil's Knights 2nd Generation 1)

“Oh, my Christ. What in the hell are you doing? Fucking finding bodies like they’re damn Easter eggs.”

I couldn’t help but smile at the analogy. It was pretty accurate. “I don’t know what you want me to do right now.” I hated admitting it. I wanted to be the guy who always knew what needed to be done and did it without hesitating. For now, that was still King.

“Let me get this fucking spaceship to Arizona and then I’ll be there. Meg is going to have to fucking deal with tooling around Arizona with Ethel and the rest of the girls.” He covered the phone and mumbled something. “I’ll call you tomorrow and let you know when to expect us. For now, just keep your eyes on everyone connected to Sultry Knights.”

“You want me to shut it down?” I asked. Sultry Knights was a big money maker for the club. Shutting it down might hurt our money flow, but maybe it would keep people from getting murdered.

“Yeah. We don’t know what is going on, and we can’t keep the club open knowing there is a murderer out there.”

“All right. Once the cops finish questioning Luna, we’ll head over there and close it up.”

King groaned. “Fucking shit-show as soon as I go on vacation.”

I didn’t know what to say. He was right, but it wasn’t my fault. It wasn’t anyone's fault except for the person who had killed Bunny and now Tanya.

“Keep everyone safe until I get there, Hero.” He ended the call, and I sighed.

That went a little better than the last time I had talked to him.

“Yo,” Frost called. He pointed across the street. Luna ducked under the barrier and jogged toward us.

I moved back to Reva. She reached for my hand and threaded her fingers through mine. I squeezed her hand to let her know I was there.

“What the hell kind of police do we have in Rockton, huh?” Luna grumbled. “Detective Stick-Up-His-Ass was about to arrest me just because I found Tanya’s body. I mean really.”

“Ransom?” Frost asked me.

It had to be. “I’m sure it was him. He was probably taking out his frustrations with Frost and me on you.”

Luna huffed and folded her arms over her chest. “I just found one of my waitresses murdered, and he was basically telling me I had done it. Has the dude not heard of innocent until proven guilty?”

“Ms. Wendt.” Detective Ransom called. He jogged across the street.

“What now?” Luna whispered. “You can call me Luna,” she said when he was standing in front of her. “Like I told you three times in the apartment.”

“Luna,” Ransom said. “I’m gonna need you to come down to the station. We have a few more questions to go over.”

Luna closed her eyes and tipped her head back. “Are you for real?” she whispered. “What more do you have to ask me? I have an alibi.”

“One that we haven’t actually checked out yet,” Ransom pointed out.

“How long is she going to be at the station for?” I asked.

Ransom glanced at me. “However long it takes.”

Yeah, this guy was a dick. “She doesn’t have to go with you. She’s not under arrest or anything.”

“No, not yet,” Ransom drawled.

“I did not kill Bunny and Tanya,” Luna shouted in Ransom’s face.

“Think you can actually prove that? Pretty suspicious finding both bodies.”

Luna raised her foot and stomped down right on Ransom’s ugly ass shoe. “I didn’t kill anyone!”

Ransom grabbed her by the arm and twisted it behind her back.

“What are you doing?” Reva gasped.