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

“Fuck you, let me go, Sean,” said Dane suddenly.


“I think you were having a nightmare.”


“And I think you’re lucky I’m this stiff. I would have broke your nose.”


“Not a good way to convince me back to your bed again,” said Sean, and yawned. His stomach rumbled and he realized they hadn’t eaten in a day, maybe two. He was torn between curling around Dane again, the warmth and comfort of bed, or going to see whether Dane had anything edible in the kitchen.


He waited for Dane’s snappy reply but none came. Instead he heard Dane snoring lightly, asleep again. Sean got out of bed to piss, dug his phone out of his pants in the bathroom, and had a look at the time.


Chapter 66