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

“Glad it occurred to you, too,” said Dane. “And let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. Something to remember me by.”


Sean wasn’t leaving. Dane kept his back to Sean but the professor wasn’t getting the hell out of the Lair. He gritted his teeth, adjusted the silver-coated machete on his wall. The professor was getting to be a pain in his ass, and worse, one he liked. Dane had never thought about having a sidekick before—he worked alone—but now Sean had forced the issue, Dane had liked having him around.


But nothing good could come of this. Sean would get himself killed at worst, his heart broken and mind wiped at best. Dane knew enough about how things worked to know at this point, it wouldn’t matter if he never said a damn thing to the Order. They’d catch wind of Sean eventually, and unless he had the smarts to ask to join, they’d go after his mind anyway.


Chapter 31