Dane's a Decrypter down on his luck -- after accidentally dispatching the wrong creature, he's sent to a small town where the cryptids he hunts are sparse. Crypt Coffee becomes his business front, but instead of a thrilling new mission on the side, he's stuck sending ghosts back to where they came from. Dane can annoy customers, at least, and tries to scare off Professor Sean Sanderson when he starts poking around too much.<br><br>But Sean isn’t about to stay away. Not when he hears about the murder of a former student, and definitely not if young, exciting Dane has information about it. But the more he allows himself to get dragged into this supernatural world of monsters and ghosts, the more the danger escalates. And if Sean and Dane aren’t careful, tracking down a murderer who can use magic might just get them killed.

Bad Seed

“Has to be done. Ideally you would…” John shrugged. “I don’t want to do it. Call me when you do.”


He left and Dane glared at the half-eaten slice of corn bread drizzled in honey. Fucking Saturday.


“Move,” Dane said, and when Sean didn’t he turned and kissed Sean. The moment their lips touched, Sean had his ass out of the seat and was moving to sit across from Dane, flush creeping up his neck.


“One of my students could have seen that,” he hissed. Dane crossed his arms, finally feeling like he was in control again. “Don’t look so smug. I bet you slept with him, too, didn’t you?”


“You didn’t listen to any of my messages either, did you? Shit, Dane, you’re like the worst student I’ve had.” Sean paused, looked thoughtful a moment. “Almost.”


“I hope I don’t have too much further to go.” Dane leaned forward. “I like being the worst. Especially if I can make it up with extra credit.”


Chapter 19