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going to stand by and let the vamps take her.
    “Release her. Now,” Court demanded.
    Jacques turned, his lips peeled back to show his fangs as he hissed. Kane ran from across the street and rammed a shoulder into Jacques, sending both of them crashing into a store window. Glass shattered everywhere.
    Anton dropped his arm from around Skye and glared at Court. “You’ve made a deadly mistake, wolf. Now you’ll pay for it with your life.”
    Court dodged the vampire’s fangs and jammed his fist in Anton’s stomach. He tried to keep the vampire away from Skye, but Anton kept trying to reach her and throw her over his shoulder.
    With no other choice, Court fought near the woman who stood staring blankly at them. Court got off two quick punches to Anton’s face as they circled each other. He was ready to land a third when Anton stepped back, right into Skye.
    They toppled over with Anton landing heavily upon Skye. As much as Court wanted to kill the vampire, he couldn’t. Not without proof that they’d used some kind of magic on Skye.
    While he couldn’t kill the bloodsucker, he could beat him plenty. He jerked Anton off Skye. With every punch he landed, Court felt better. There was nothing like beating up on a vampire.
    Suddenly, both Anton and Jacques were gone. Court wiped the blood from his split lip as he looked at Kane, who was bent over, his hands upon his knees.
    Riley walked out of the shadows. “Three vampires paused long enough to see what was going on, but it was one of Delphine’s people who was observing from the far corner that worries me.”
    “Let them watch,” Kane said and straightened.
    Court walked to Skye and knelt beside her. Her eyes were closed. She lay unmoving. He had the urge to take down her carefully styled black hair. Even more annoying, he had the irresistible urge to hear her voice.
    “Is she all right?” Riley asked, concern deepening her voice.
    Court gently turned Skye’s head from one side to the other to look for blood. Thankfully, there was none. He tapped her cheek to wake her, but she didn’t stir.
    “What did they do to her?” Kane asked.
    Riley made a sound at the back of her throat. “Whatever it is, it isn’t good. We can’t leave her out here.”
    “And we can’t take her back to any of our places,” Court pointed out.
    Riley suddenly smiled. “I know where we can take her. Follow me.”
    Court gathered Skye’s petite frame in his arms and stood. He and Kane followed Riley to her car. After they were inside, Kane and Court began to try and figure out what the vamps had used to subdue Skye while Riley drove.
    “It was something new,” Court said.
    Kane nodded grimly. “That’s my worry. How many other women are they carting off that we don’t know about?”
    “Let’s not think about that right now,” Riley said. “We have Skye. She can tell us what happened and how it made her feel when she wakes up. That should help us figure out what it is. If we don’t know, Minka will.”
    Court looked down at the woman in his arms. Skye had yet to move. She was breathing evenly, her golden skin warm beneath his hands.
    “Is going to the witch wise?” Kane asked.
    Riley gave him a dour look. “Have a better idea?”
    Of course, Kane didn’t. Neither did Court. He tried to look up from Skye’s face, but his eyes kept getting drawn back down to her. She appeared asleep, innocent. The fact that she had no idea the shit storm she had created didn’t turn him off. In fact, it’s what interested him.
    Her oval face was flawless. She was a classic beauty with her high cheekbones, gently arching black brows, and thick lashes. Her mouth, however, was a seduction all its own. Deep pink lips that were plump and wide.
    Tempting lips, enticing lips.
    Court ran the back of his fingers down her cheek. Skye might be delving into a world she should stay out of, but Court couldn’t be angry that it had brought her into his life. She intrigued him.
    Even if he knew