Colleen Underwood's POV

I texted innocent-sounding messages to Luna Adrienne while we drove northeast towards Cancun, letting her know we'd be back shortly. She promised me "Uncle Lawrence" would join us soon; last she heard, he was on vacation in Jamaica with his wife.

We had to cross two police checkpoints on the way in, and I saw first-hand how vampires worked. When the soldier came to the door, Mateo caught his eyes, and the man went into a trance. "Wave us forward and forget this happened," the vampire told him. He waved us ahead without looking in the car.

As we pulled away, he went back to work as...