Blake, Abby - Vampires' Witness [PUP Squad Alpha 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Abby Blake Page A

impractical. This high in the mountains, this time of year, they could literally go days without seeing the sun. A much better environment for vampires.
    Dyson and Thomas appearing in front of him was annoying as hell.
    Dyson grinned, patting Thomas on the shoulder when the wolf looked green enough to throw up. Despite the fact that every member of his squad was prepared to use slip travel in an emergency, it was not a favored transport for any of them—well, except for Dyson, Angus, and Alex, who’d been born to it. Everyone else ended up feeling nauseous, werewolves and vampires included.
    “What do you want?” Samuel asked in a grumpy-sounding voice. They’d been on vacation for less than three months.
    The investigation into the case had been closed a few weeks ago even though they hadn’t been able to trace the e-mail that had originally tipped them off. Considering that the unknown sender potentially saved dozens of lives, the Judiciaries had decided to leave well enough alone—for now. The club owner had also been found innocent of making a false report. He hadn’t even been at his bar that night, so he was unlikely to be the one who made the call. They were still piecing together who their former boss had actually been. The current theory was that he took on the identity of his maker after the vampire had died and that was how “Ritchie” had been able to work his way into such a high position in the PUP teams. Who he’d been before becoming a vampire was still unknown.
    Samuel, Benjamin, and the rest of PUP Squad Alpha had already been cleared of any wrongdoing and were approved for active duty once more. But it was because of the woman heading over to them that they’d decided to take the full six months’ leave. Sure, they’d ironed out most of their issues in the first month or two, but just spending time together uninterrupted had been what Benjamin, Skye, and Samuel had been enjoying the most.
    “Sorry, Skye,” Thomas said as he greeted her with a brief hug, “but we have a situation developing, and we could really use your husbands’ help.”
    “Sure,” she said with a bright smile to hide the worry he knew she was feeling. “I’ll just go grab something to drink.”
    Benjamin wanted her to stay, wanted to call her back so he could hold her in his arms, but he also wanted to hear what his squadmates had to say before upsetting Skye needlessly. It was obvious by Thomas and Dyson’s demeanor that they had a serious problem on their hands.
    Samuel arched an eyebrow as he moved closer and then waited for Thomas to explain.
    “Human police have reports of three murders in the past two days. All of them are victims of pixie assassins. The victims have all been human, Ben.” He shook his head as if he still couldn’t quite believe the information himself.
    “They’ve always restricted their activities to paranormal beings. Why would they suddenly go after humans? It doesn’t make any sense. Do we know who hired them?” Pixies never worked for free, so it was very likely someone else was paying for the assassinations.
    “We’re not sure,” Dyson said, looking very uncomfortable. “None of the human victims had any paranormal contact. They didn’t know each other. All three were from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The only thing they had in common was their age, twenty-seven, and their gender, female, otherwise the attacks seem completely random.”
    “Do we know how much the human police know, yet?”
    “Wilson is working on it, but at the moment there seems to be very little information available in cyberspace. We’re not sure what that means, either. It could be a deliberate attempt to keep the information out of cyberspace and protect it from hacking, or it could simply be the lead detective is slack with his paperwork or a klutz with computers.” Thomas ran a hand through his hair, his agitation quite clear to someone who knew him as well as Benjamin did. “The one bit