The second the office door clicks shut behind us, Nate explodes into a rant. “I’m telling you, I suspect vampires are behind the attacks. I mean, it makes sense, doesn’t it? Why otherwise would there be blood on Ariah’s mouth? How did it get there? Wait—did she have any injuries on her face? Her neck?”
I press my fingers to my temples, massaging. I’m at the start of a killer headache. “No, she had no injuries to her face. Well, except for the blood on her lips. And I didn’t see her neck.”
“See? It proves my point.” His eyes bounce from mine to Celeste, then stop on Luca. “And I think Hailey was tricked into keeping that door open. I mean, I can’t imagine anyone in here not wanting to be detected if they live here. If the security here loses track of our whereabouts, we’re at risk, right?
