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

“You’re disgusting,” she said. “Why would I try to seduce someone as old as he is? No offense, professor.”


Sean stared at her. Dane laughed, and her eyes darted over to him, narrowed.


“I’m saying you have terrible taste, Decrypter. Which is frankly unsurprising, but another thing to witness altogether. I’m not here to use my wiles or whatever else your filthy mind is thinking, so you can shut the hell up and let me talk.”


Dane glared at her but apparently wanted to hear what it was she had to say more than he wanted to mess with her, which was somewhat of a relief, as Sean was interested in why she’d followed him, too. That and he really wanted to forget the mention of his age.


Chapter 29