“Me?” I asked, lifting a hand to my chest. “For goodness sake, why?”

He shook his head. “Don’t know. But when the other two came in, that’s when she lost it.”

“The other two?” Callum queried.

“Her,” Poncho pointed at Sonia. “And her,” he pointed at Leah. “Your bitches.”

“I don’t get it,” Sonia said quietly just as I felt activity at the door.

I turned that way to see Barb and Ruby walking in.

Barb stopped and lifted up both hands, her eyes getting big.

Ruby stopped and planted both hands on her hips, snapping, “Crap. Hoodoo. The place stinks of it. You got a bruja in here?”

“Who are you?” Poncho demanded to know.

“White witches,” Ruby shot back.

“Mi tía don’t practice no brujeria magia negra, woman. So, what gives?” Poncho returned.

“There’s great power in this room,” Barb stated.

“So?” Poncho asked.

“Does that mean she’s still here?” I asked at the same time.

“Our practice and the practice of magia blanca are quite different,” Barb answered Poncho.

“Again, so?” Poncho repeated.

“So, we have some professional differences,” Barb replied.

“Is she…still here?” Abel asked tersely.

“Yes,” Barb answered.

Abel turned to Poncho. “Talk to her, man. See what the fuck is up.”

Poncho nodded, then looked uncertain for a second before he cast his eyes upward and started talking in Spanish.

Watching him do that might have been funny, but I was weirded out.

I didn’t have a lot of time to process that before there was more activity at the door. I looked that direction and saw Ruby getting out of the way in order for a male vampire to stand in the doorway.

“Lucien, there’s someone at the gatehouse. Human. Hanger. He’s asking for you,” the vampire said, and the room got tense.

“A hanger is at the gatehouse and he knows I’m here?” Lucien asked, his voice scary.

“Yes. Says his name is Breed,” the vampire replied.

Lucien looked to Callum, then Abel, and finally Leah before he nodded and moved to the door, saying, “I’ll return.”

Lucien left just as Aurora and Yuri showed at the door. Aurora, probably sensing the bruja, halted before going through it, which meant Yuri almost bumped into her. Instead, at her quick stop, he wrapped an arm around her chest from behind in a protective way, narrowed his eyes, and scanned the room.

Totally cute together.

“Magia,” Aurora whispered.

“Yeah, they got a disapparated bruja clinging to the ceiling,” Ruby informed her.

Aurora grinned, her face lighting with excitement, and walked into the room, bringing Yuri with her, exclaiming, “Cool!” Then she waved at the ceiling and called, “Hey there!”

One side of Yuri’s mouth hitched up.

Totally cute.