The sound of a car pulling over in the shoulder made MariAnne turn her head. A little blue car, probably a disguised police cruiser, rolled to a stop and a tall, uniformed man stepped out. He muttered a few words into a walkie-talkie as he approached the feud in the alley.
MariAnne analyzed the man's features - the dark brown hair, soaked with rain; the athletic build...this was Benedetto, her ex-boyfriend from high school.
Ben - Officer Bridges, now - didn't seem to notice her as he brushed by her and David. He strode right up to Kyra and Jade, holding a shining silvery gun in either hand. It worked out, because MariAnne pretended not to have seen him and hoped he wouldn't notice her presence.
"All right," his husky voice echoed. "Break it up." Unafraid, the officer stepped in between the vampire and were-cat, holding the guns at arms' length. "I don't want any trouble, but you two are disturbing the peace. There are humans around, after all."
Officer Bridges knew these two. Well, he had heard of them at least. Who of his race hadn't? If they knew of him, surely they'd cooperate.
That is, if they were as smart as he'd heard.
"If you girls cut the drama and save your little cat-fight - no pun intended - for later," he began. "I'll let you go free. If not, I'll take you in. And don't expect me to help you come up with an explanation that doesn't include the phrases, 'She tried to suck my blood' or 'And then she turned into a lioness'."
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