Chapter 5
“Who the f**k called you away?” asked Dane, sounding pissed.
But Sean was more interested in other things. The memory of watching the student have his throat ripped out was too fresh, and he needed to know if this was happening elsewhere. He hated himself for wanting that to be the case, at least a little, so he’d be able to get to the bottom of the situation with Dane’s help.
“Who was murdered?” he asked, unsurprised when Ned chose to answer his question and not Dane’s.
“Bethany Becker, age twenty-three. Young, pretty, taken from this world too soon.”
“You think I care?” asked Dane.
“Oh, that’s right, you’re into men,” said Ned.
Sean wondered whether he should take a step away. The heat from the burning pines was getting to be a bit much, anyway.
“Well, in my professiona
