Evan was all sparkly-eyed over the paranormal and eager to learn everything. Not out of discomfort, I knew, but because he freaking loved this game. I thought about Lexi’s quiz item for the span of two ball tosses, then shook my head. “Pass.”Įvan Fournier, Hudson’s apprentice and baby vampire, and another close friend of mine, shifted on his chair. Hudson and Iskander were out doing the investigator thing-because Hudson’s shift was only halfway through and Iskander, who started at noon, didn’t know what “quitting time” meant-and the rest of us were holding down the fort. It was a Thursday evening, and our doors were officially open for another four hours-until midnight. She’d traded her microbraids for a shorter, natural’do a couple of months back, and the look suited her. “Golem?” My best friend, Lexi Aster, sat cross-legged on my desk, since it was closest to the employee area, her grimoire-a Five Star student notebook-open and balanced on her knees. Besides, what he didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him. Hudson would have kittens if he knew I was amusing myself like this, but these days I needed to fidget. The key was to toss the ball gently, so it didn’t make any indentations in the drywall. I bounced the light rubber ball off the ceiling as I lay stretched out on the couch in the employee area of Caballero Investigations. Read on for a sneak peek at Chapter One… Chapter One
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