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frowned. That wasn’t a good thing, was it?
    Her thoughts stopped when she was shown a chair and given her beer. Court took the seat next to her the same time Myles walked in reading over some papers with the pencil once more in his mouth.
    He didn’t look up at them even as he sat behind the desk and keyed something in the computer. A few minutes later, Kane and another man entered the office.
    So, these were the four LaRue brothers.
    Court hadn’t lied. She was up to her neck in werewolves now.
     

C HAPTER S EVEN

    Court watched Skye carefully. Her entire body tightened when Kane and Solomon entered the room. Solomon ran a hand through his dark blond hair as he leaned against the corner of Myles’s desk.
    “I’m sure you’ve done some checking on us, but I’m Solomon,” he said. He motioned with his thumb over his shoulder. “The one buried in the computer doing the accounting for this place is Myles. You’ve already met Kane and Court.”
    Skye held Solomon’s gaze. “I have done my checking. I know that you’re the eldest, followed by Myles, Kane, and then Court. You four have owned Gator Bait for years now and are upstanding citizens in all ways. And you have a very big secret.”
    “Everyone has secrets,” Kane said, eyeing her. “Everyone.”
    Skye crossed one leg over the other. “I do have a secret. I shared it with Court last night.”
    “He told us,” Myles said as he set aside his pencil. “That’s one hell of a story.”
    Court’s balls tightened when Skye glanced at him. Damn but she was a beautiful woman. It wasn’t just her beauty that drew him, it was her courage and nerve – even if she had been foolish to go into the Viper’s Nest.
    “It is.” Skye licked her lips and let her gaze land on each one of them. “I told Court last night, but I want to say it here. Thank you for helping me. I thought I knew enough to handle myself. I was wrong.”
    Court didn’t know who was more surprised by her words, him or Kane. He merely smiled at Skye because the woman was good. The fact that she could admit she was wrong, right after thanking them meant there was no way any of them was going to get on her case now.
    “My editor called me into the office this morning,” Skye said. “She says the police are calling Matthew’s death a homicide and saying that he was killed with a knife.”
    Solomon rubbed his chin as he considered Skye. “I saw Matthew’s body myself. There was no denying the holes in his neck, or the fact that all his blood was gone.”
    “We’re not the ones lying here,” Court said.
    Skye’s dark brown gaze turned to him. “I know. It’s just a lot to take in. I assumed every human was innocent.”
    Kane snorted but didn’t make a comment.
    Court could only imagine how she felt with her world turned upside down. “The witches are human, and not all of them are innocent.”
    “Minka is,” Myles said.
    Court nodded in agreement, even as he saw Solomon’s jaw tighten at the mention of the witch. Court really hoped his eldest brother could get over whatever was eating at him when it came to Minka. Having a witch as an ally was something Court didn’t want ruined.
    “This is my job,” Skye said. “I’m paid to write these articles, and the only way to do that is by gaining information.”
    Myles made a face. “Not if it means your death.”
    “We’re trying to keep you alive,” Court said. “You have to choose what to do. If you go back to the Viper’s Nest, we may not be there next time.”
    She squared her shoulders. “I understand. I also came here because I think I remember something about what happened last night.”
    Court sat forward. “What?”
    “I told you I guard my drink well. I also know never to look a vampire in the eye in case they use their mind control.” She paused for a moment. “What I do remember is one of the vampires touching me. After that, my memory is blank until I woke up at Minka’s.”
    Court got to his feet and