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

Sprawled on the bed afterward, Sean moaned.


“Don’t even start with that,” said Dane. He closed his eyes, not wanting to think about concepts like “future” and “together.” Dane wasn’t surprised Sean would bring shit like this up, considering he was probably feeling his years and really itching to settle down with someone, but that someone was not going to be Dane. No fucking way. His ass did not settle.


Sean rolled over on top of him, and just like that his arms were pinned under Sean’s knees, what could only be the tip of the hunting knife at his throat. Dane opened his eyes, shocked and fully awake, to seeSean giving him a cold, hard look.


“Damn, I didn’t realize what it meant to you,” he said.


“It’s not about that. How did I do?”


Chapter 50