Page 24 of Top Secret Vampire

That only made Wolf’s claws extend from his fingertips farther. “Iwillkill him.”

“It’s been a long time. I hope he’s grown up since then and learned his lesson.”

“Did he apologize back then? He didn’t do so now.”

“No.”

“Then he has not learned a lesson.” Wolf braced my upper arms and stared into my eyes. “He will.”

“Please let it go. I don’t care about Wilber. I doubt I’ll ever see him again. Don’t endanger yourself for something like that.”

“You have nothing to fear in that regard. Vampires have remained hidden forever. You know we exist only because we’re willing to let you see.”

I should be shivering at this statement, but it only made me feel more secure. No matter what, I knew Wolf would never hurt me.

“Forget about him,” I said. “I haven’t seen him since high school, and that was good enough for me. He went to a big university while I stayed local and went to the community college.”

“He started to say something about his mother.” His scowl deepened. “I’ll see if I can discover any information.”

“Why bother?” I lifted the brochure and grumbled when I read the first line that talked about turning the local park into a condo complex. “He’ll never get my vote.” I tore it into a bunch of small pieces and stomped into the living room, where I flung them into the fireplace to tinder the next fire.

“Wilber has a reason for wanting you to leave Mystic Harbor,” he said, following me.

“He didn’t know I was here until just now. I doubt he’s involved in whatever’s happened.”

“He may have pretended.”

Good point. “Add him to your list, then.”

“I already have.” He placed his hand on my shoulder and gently squeezed. “What can I do to make this better?”

Turning, I lifted a smile, though I didn’t go all-in. “You already have.”

He studied my face for a long while before nodding grimly. “See if you can access your accounts now, and then we can talk about my growing list of suspects and brainstorm ideas for why these incidents are happening.”

“Alright.”

We went into my office, and I sat at my desk, booting up my laptop while Wolf settled on the sofa with a pad of paper on his lap, a pen poised over it.

Scratchy sounds soon rang out as he started taking notes.

Chapter 10

Wolfram

“Yay,” Reese cried out, lifting her hands away from her computer keyboard. “I accessed all three accounts, changed the passwords, and deleted the nasty comments. I’ve made new statements, apologizing to my readers.” She pivoted around in her office chair, tension stealing her excitement. “I explained what happened, and all I can do now is hope they believe me.”

“Excellent.” I held up the pad of paper full of notes. “I’ve started a list of suspects and outlined possible motivations.”

“We still need to call Detective Carter about the person inside my house and someone hacking my accounts. I need to see if there’s a way I can press charges. Tracy is the only one who had access to those accounts.” She listed them off. “Defamation. Identity theft. Invasion of Privacy.”

“Don’t forget cybercrime violations.”

“Good one. Since Flint hired her, I’ll notify him as well. I’m sure she’ll deny doing it, but I know it was her, and he at least needs to be aware of my suspicions.”

“If she did it, she’ll pay for trying to ruin your career.”

“I can’t figure out why she’d do something like this. She quit. I didn’t fire her. And I was always a decent boss, or I tried to be. I never complained when she needed time off, and I didn’t ask her to do anything outside business hours. I even gave her bonuses.”

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