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

They stopped at Dane’s car and leaned against it.


“Keys?” asked Sean, then when Dane glared at him, “You know you can’t drive.”


Dane handed them over, swearing, and lowered himself into the passenger’s seat as Sean got in. He opened up the glove compartment and pulled out the flask he’d stashed there before going in.


“Are you sure that’s a good idea?”


“You want any before I drink it all?” asked Dane, and though Sean gave him a parental look, he snatched the flask and took a couple drinks from it. Then he passed it back and turned on the car.


Chapter 65