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yourself.”
     

C HAPTER S IX

    As dawn came and the sky turned a brilliant pink and gold, all Skye could think about was what Court had said to her. As much as she hated to admit it, he was right.
    She’d assumed because Jo had taught her a few things that she was more than capable of doing research on the supernatural. What the previous night had taught her was that she only knew a thimbleful of what was out there.
    Coffee in hand, Skye stood at the windows of her townhouse and looked out over the streets of the city. Vampires had almost kidnapped her. If not for Court and the others, Skye wouldn’t be standing there now.
    It galled her that she hadn’t been able to take care of herself. She hadn’t looked the vamps in the eye for more than a second, so she knew they hadn’t used mind control on her. No one had spiked her drink. The vampires had touched her, that was the only thing that happened.
    Skye jerked so hard the coffee spilled over the rim of the mug and burned her hand. She hissed and rushed barefoot into the kitchen to set the coffee down and wipe her hand.
    Then she ran to her desk and tapped the keyboard to wake up her laptop. She might not know Court’s last name, but she had enough skill to find him.
    Thirty minutes later, she sat back with a smile on her face. “Court LaRue. Looks like I’m going to be paying you a visit at Gator Bait.”
    Skye got up from her chair and was headed into the bathroom to take a shower when her cell phone rang. She glanced at the phone to see it was her editor, Helen.
    “Sorry, Helen. I can’t talk right now,” she said as she declined the call.
    Turning on her music through her phone, Skye started the shower. She was taking off her sleep shirt when her phone dinged with a text. Skye tossed her sleep shirt on the bed and hurried into the bathroom where her phone rested on the counter.
    She read the message, frowning as she did. Helen never demanded she come into the office when she was writing a story. What was going on?
    Skye quickly texted back that she was in the middle of research and would try to get there later that day.
    “Before lunch,” Skye read Helen’s reply aloud.
    What the hell was going on?
    Skye showered and got ready. Forty minutes later, she was walking out the door and headed to the newspaper. A short fifteen-minute stroll and she was at the office.
    No sooner had Skye entered Helen’s office than her editor rose and closed the door behind her. “What’s going on?” Skye asked as she took one of the two chairs.
    Helen sat down behind her desk and shoved her reading glasses on her head. She let out a long sigh. “Where were you last night?”
    “Observing the supernatural.” Skye didn’t feel the need to lie to Helen. Yet, anyway.
    Her editor leaned back in her chair and smoothed down her navy and white striped blouse. “Were you alone?”
    Shit, shit, shit. In all the turmoil, Skye had completely forgotten about Matthew. She kept her expression blank. “Matthew went with me to a club, but he left me there.”
    “When did you arrive at the club?”
    “About ten-ish.”
    Helen nodded. “And when did Matthew leave you?”
    Skye shrugged, not liking the questions. “It was about midnight, I think. He always stays in the background. He could’ve left much earlier than I noticed. Why?” she added since she didn’t want to admit what a failure she was in spotting supernatural beings.
    “What did you do when you discovered that Matthew was gone?”
    Skye scooted to the end of the chair. “Why does this feel like an interrogation?”
    “Please answer me, Skye.”
    “I stayed until it became uncomfortable and then I left.”
    “Alone?”
    There was something about the way Helen said it that made Skye aware her boss knew something. Once again, she decided on the truth. Mostly. “I tried to leave on my own, but two vampires attempted to get me to go with them. Two guys and a girl helped me out. They walked me home, and here I