Conquer the Highland Beast: The Vampire Dylan Macgregor (Hearts of Darkness) Read Online Free

and he sent them packing.” Crime tape cordoned off the perimeter where the body lay at the far end of the most popular cemetery on the local ghost tour, and across the street from the Black Diamond Club.
    The street lamps gave off an eerie glow to the surroundings, and when the Cajun detective approached the car alone, Dylan rolled down the window.
    “Pull into the alley over there out of sight.” Ramon suggested pointing to the side of the club. “Then join me on foot. The back gate looks like an interesting place for you to start your investigation, Garr.”
    Dylan’s favorite contact knew everything about the perps and the streets. The young Cajun detective, a local bad-boy who’d apparently left the dark side and made good, straddled both worlds, human and supernatural, but that was about all he knew about him.
    When he pulled to a stop in the alley, Dylan made sure both vehicles remained in the shadows. The bar was another favorite Goth hangout, not quite as upscale as the Dungeon.
    Garr laughed as he got out and closed the door. “You worried about leaving the car here?”
    “Of course I’m worried. ” Dylan snarled and grimaced thinking about what the scum might do to his precious car.
    “Too bad we didn’t stop to pick up the sweet little witch with the hots for you. You could have had her cast a cloaking spell over the car.”
    “That’s a great idea…” Dylan paused for a moment to think who Garr meant. “What witch has the hots for me?”
    His friend just looked over at Max and shook his head. “Cassie,” they both said at the same time.
    “Oh, yeah, her.” He never took her flirtations seriously because he could hear her thoughts. All she was interested in was getting involved with the council. He could help her out, but he wouldn’t let her use him. “Never mind. Let’s get to work.”
    As they joi ned Ramon on the way to the back entrance to the cemetery, he glanced over his shoulder to make sure the vehicles were well out of sight. Dylan hoped nobody was stupid enough to mess with his favorite car. He’d hate to join the “dark side”—his new way of thinking of his beast—over a material object, but he wasn’t completely rational when it came to his Lamborghini.
    Dylan couldn’t resist probing the cop’s mind, convinced he should develop a closer relationship with Ramon. The local detective had access to a lot of inside neighborhood information he could use . Although he knew Ramon was in some way one of theirs, he hadn’t been able to identify what the detective was. So far, he’d never indicated he was anything other than human, yet his brain pattern was impossible to penetrate. The good thing was if Dylan couldn’t figure it out, neither could anyone else. Thus, making Detective Delavega much more useful for his purposes.
    Since Garr and the cop had already met a few times, Dylan made the introductions between Ramon and Max as Garr prepared to shift.
    “Quiet, tonight,” Garr mentioned as he removed his boots and Dylan rounded the police car to inspect the area. “Where is everyone?”
    “Dead, mon ami,” the smart-ass detective answered with a light-hearted chuckle. “Sorry, homicide humor. Really, I sent the others home, told them I’d watch over the scene until the feds got here. Crimes in cemeteries at night even freak out the local beat boys.”
    Dylan glanced at the body and grinned. “Understandable, but I’ve got nothing against the dead.”
    “Truly. Or the undead.” Ramon pointed out.
    “You are in rare form tonight.”
    “Yeah well, demon perp or not, I find this sort of retribution crime…almost humorous.”
    “Looks as if your take on this was right, Ramon. Garr, what do you smell?” He asked as he checked out the crime scene. All seemed as he’d been told.
    “Victim’s not a shifter. Not human, either. Maybe some kind of demon, but I can’t be sure. I’ve never seen anything like him before.”
    Ramon folded his arms across his chest and