Chapter 6
Back at the mansion…
Sugar felt different tonight. The struggle she usually went through wasn’t there. Tonight she hadn’t had to pursue her prey. He had come to her. The moment he flashed his badge, she knew what she had to do. She had to get rid of him. He was too close. He was hers now, and she felt somehow peaceful. She couldn’t explain it, but knew that this night would be different than any she’d had in a long while.
Now as he stood before her, she glanced upward and saw the full moon high above his left shoulder. It was in full bloom, bleeding, and it meant someone would die.
“Sugar, I wish—”
She immediately put her finger up to his mouth and silenced him. “Shhh,” she said and slid her eyes downward. His collar lay open, a loose strand of his long hair hung just over h
