He started to say something, glanced around at the other detectives, the uniforms, the crime-scene techs, and beyond that to the waiting ambulance, shook his head, and motioned me off to one side. If human beings had the fangs and the claws that you guys do, then we'd, they'd, be just as destructive. Her reaction told me that it wasn't just me who'd noticed the shoulders and the extra muscle development. The shirt had made his eyes turquoise in the light, as if there was green in that bright blue somewhere.
It was as if some invisible spark were being blown out inside him. But the ardeur didn't need words. Nathaniel pushed against me, and he whispered against my cheek. From less than two feet away, the sawed-off would have been better, but there was no time.
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