Book 18: Scrying Shame

Skye

Alex shuts the door of his condo with a crack that echoes from one end of the space to the other. I turn in a circle, tapping my chin in thought as he moves aimlessly through the kitchen, opening and shutting cabinets like the answer to this mess will be found on a shelf between pieces of glassware he never uses.

“Obviously, it was Kai,” I say, and Alex braces his hands on the counter.

“I find it hard to believe that Kanten was in the lab at all.”

“So this other vampire killed him and took him there!”

“No, Skye, not with all the maintenance workers around securing that section of campus.”

“Then he was in the lab, and so was Kai, while you were drilling. Abby’s data points toward tampering. What did Toby say in your office? Explosives?”