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“Son of a bitch!” Killian shouted.

The rest of us went running into the room—a room completely devoid of vampire hunters.

“Where are they?” Rue, the Pack Vex, asked. If Biters were vampires, then Pack Witches would be werewolves. And Rue was big even when he was in his human form. His low voice made the question sound like a threat.

“That's what I'd like to know.” Killian waved at the empty chairs, the ropes still tied around them. “What the fuck? I thought you guys had this place secured?”

“ We are the security,” Melissa said. “And we were right in there.” She waved at the doorway. “You are included in that 'we.'”

“Unbelievable.” Killian clenched his fists. He looked like he was about to ram something. With his head.

“They're human,” Vanessa said. “I'm absolutely sure of it. They shouldn't have been able to get away.”

“Then someone helped them.” Extinguisher Gavin Sloane crossed his arms and looked around the group. “Does anyone remember seeing someone leave the party?”

“You mean besides the Ambassador?” Rue motioned at me.

“My wife was talking to Anu, asshole.” Killian turned toward the Pack Vex. “There's no better alibi than God.”

“It's not as if we can verify that.”

“Oh, puppy, you're about to get put down.” Kill headed for Rue.

“Kill.” I laid my hand on his arm—his muscles were tight. “You're the one who can tell us who helped them.”

Killian jerked to a stop, his face twitching and his stare still on Rue. “When I find the traitor, you're going to apologize to my wife. Or maybe you're the traitor. In which case, I'm going to have fun chaining you up and delivering you to the High Councils.”

“And Coven Elders,” Melissa said. “We're your allies, Ambassador. Remember that. If one of us here proves to be a traitor, the Coven Elders will decide our punishment.

“I'm a Witch too. You don't get to lecture me on who my allies are.”

“And yet I do. Because you seem to have forgotten.”

“Bitch, I'll—”

“Killian!” I snapped. “If you want to let out some steam about Star, you do it with me. Not with them. Now, do you need to yell at me before or after you find out who the traitor is?”

Kill leaned his head side-to-side, cracking his neck. Finally, he looked at me. “Keep an eye on them, Twilight. Make sure none of them leave.”

Right. So we were playing the ignore the bad shit game. Fine. “Okay. Do your thing, baby.”

Killian grabbed the arm of one of the empty chairs. With his psychometry, he could read objects. He'd be able to see what happened recently with that chair. And how that last inhabitant had left it.

The rest of us waited silently. No one suggested Killian might give a false testimony. He was an ambassador, and he'd also been within sight of everyone in the room since we'd entered the house.

After a few seconds, Killian opened his eyes and cursed, “Fucking Star!”

I jerked back. “What? Star was with us.”

“No, it wasn't him.” Killian shook his head and barreled out of the room.

“Well, which is it?” Rue followed him. “Star or no Star?”

“No Star.”

I followed the herd back into the living room to find my husband standing in the center of the room, looking even angrier than before.

I took one look at Killian and knew what he was babbling about. “It was a Demon.”

Killian grimaced.

“Is that it?” Extinguisher Joss Teagan asked Kill. “Was it a Demon?”

“Yeah. Some dude dressed in black, including a fucking ski mask, laleked into the room, grabbed the humans, and laleked away.”

“How do you know it wasn't an Angel?” Trez asked.

“Or a woman?” Leo, the Biter, added.

“Because he left in a rain of embers, which means he laleked. As I said.” Kill pointed at Trez. Then he swung his finger to Leo to say, “And his clothes were snug enough for me to tell what sex he was.”

“It looks as if we'll have to call your buddy back.” Rue smirked.

As I said earlier, Rue was a big guy. Bigger than Killian, who is well over six feet tall and broad like a linebacker. And yet, when Kill spun and punched Rue in the face, the guy went down instantly. In-stant-ly. The house shook with his landing. The bigger they are and all that.

Killian shook out his shoulders and nodded. “All right. Now , I can deal with Star.”