When Peter Passenger's parents die, he becomes a man on a mission: a mission to find their killer, and a mission to find answers to those things his family has researched his entire life. But what secrets did his parents leave behind? <br><br>When the Mothman suddenly appears, Peter knows he must pursue him. Leaving everything important to him, Peter chases the Mothman and soon finds that a warning is not the only thing the Mothman wants to give him. <br><br>As Peter is confronted by demands of the legacy left by his parents, his love for a man who asks him to be someone else, and the seductive moves of the Mothman, he finds he must wrestle against his own desires and drives in ways he never thought he would.

Peter Passenger and the Mothman

“When I woke up this morning and saw a text


from Esteban cancelling the meeting because your flight got in


late, I thought, I am still going to see my PeterI was


with his mother the day that boy was born, and I am going to see


him this morning also, I told myself. I know you don't have any


clothes on, Sweetness, so I am just going to hug you from here,”


She leaned her full-bodied frame over the


bed, grabbed my torso, and squeezed the life out of me. The smell


of her perfume, reminded me of days gone by.


“Uh, uh, uh. I missed you, Peter," she said,


squeezing me hard. “I am so sorry about your parents, baby. I know


you must be missing them. God knows I am. Your mother was my


closest friend in a time when it wasn't smart for a young white


woman to be my friend, no matter how wealthy we both were. I loved


her, and your father like nobody’s business, and now they’re gone.


It doesn't seem real to me, but I am glad you are here safe and


Chapter 9