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 think they’re in this mess, don’t you?”


“When are witches not?” asked Dane.


“I agree with you. Her death was too weird. Points to someone who’s capable of that, and at the moment there just aren’t any other leads.”


“I’m not investigating a harmless dead person with you.”


“Then let me investigate it. You can handle it how you want. All I ask is for thanks to be delivered to my house in the form of—”


“No. You need to drop this, Sean.” Dane couldn’t believe the words were out of his mouth, but he clamped down anything further. The professor did not need to know how much Dane cared about him. He had a feeling if Sean stuck around, he’d get himself badly hurt or killed. And suddenly, that mattered to Dane. A lot. He disgusted himself.


“What,” said Sean, eyes narrowing, “you think it’s your Order?”


Chapter 32