“Yes, but you needn’t worry. Fallon has stepped up like a champion, and everyone is safe.” Bennett felt her phone vibrate, and her hardened expression softened when she saw the caller ID. “And speaking of the devil.” Bennett accepted the call and put it on speaker. “Fallon, I have you on speaker, and your parents are here with me.”

“Oh, cool. Hi guys.”

Cathleen and Gus smiled in unison. “Hey there, honey,” Cathleen said. “Everyone doing okay?”

“Yep. We’re just hanging out, waiting to find out where we go from here.”

“That’s where I come in,” Bennett said. “Fallon, other than turning on the light, have you touched anything else in that room?”

“I plugged in the old Nintendo to keep the boys busy, but even though this computer shit—” Fallon cringed, remembering she was on speaker. “Sorry about that, guys.”

“It’s okay, sweetie,” Gus said, chuckling. “I’m sure the boys have heard that word before.”

“Thanks, Dad,” Fallon said. “Um…like I was saying, Bennett, even though all this computer stuff looks really cool, since you didn’t say I could play with it, I haven’t. Is that what you mean?”

“That’s exactly what I mean,” Bennett said, giving Gus a wink. “But now I need you to play with it.”

“Cool,” Fallon said, perking up in her chair. “Oh, and Kenna and I are sharing earbuds. I hope that’s all right.”

“That’s perfect,” Bennett said. “But don’t put me on speaker. Okay?”

“No problem.”

“Good. Now, are you sitting at the computer station right now?”

“Yes.”

“All right. On the upper right of the bank of surveillance monitors is a switch. Turn it on.”

Fallon looked over at Kenna, who nodded in reply. Fallon flipped the switch, and the six screens in front of her came to life. “Whoa. How cool is this?”

“Should I assume by that remark, the monitors are working?”

“Yeah, like a dream,” Fallon said, looking from one to the next to the next. “But why is everything on night vision? I mean, it’s like what I’ve seen in movies—you know?”

“They probably cut the power, but don’t worry. That room is on a separate circuit they can’t get to. And speaking of them, do you see anyone roaming about?”

“Oh, yeah. There are four of them. One’s in the kitchen, one’s in Liam’s room, and two are…crap. Bennett, two vamps are coming down the flipping basement steps as we speak.”

“It’s all right. Stay calm, Fallon. They can’t get into that room, and believe it or not, that’s exactly where we need them to end up.”

“Um…huh?” Fallon squeaked.

“Trust me, Fallon. We need them to pool into the basement, and while we’re waiting for them to do so, is Liam still occupied?”

“Yep. Glued to his game. Why?”

“And Aiden?”

“Sound asleep on the cot.”