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

“How do you think they’d feel about you murdering Bethany?”


“Oh, Bethany, Bethany—it’s always Bethany with you. The Decrypter doesn’t give a shit about her, why do you?”


“I guess I must see myself in her,” said Sean.


He sounded convincing. Hell, Dane was convinced. Percival scoffed.


“You won’t end up any better than she did.”


Dane was ready. He knew his perceptions were all off, but he was a fighter, not a chatter, and he was ready to be done with all this shit.


“Percival,” he said, and when the witch turned, “Fuck you.”


Chapter 61