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

“This Decrypter does what he wants. And we all fuck around anyway. It’s a suggestion ‘cause if it wasa policy, most of us would quit.”


Dane sounded so smug, but none of this was lifting Sean’s mood. He glanced at Ned, but the ghost had gone, possibly to avoid the potential fight that could still technically happen if he pushed Dane’s buttons too much. He was in a good mood at the moment, but when those burgers wore off…


Sean sighed. He didn’t want to stick around long enough to get in a fight, or to end up fucking on the stairs. His body couldn’t take it—not while this sore.


“It’s Monday. I’ve got a lot of professorial shit to do still today, and I’m tired as hell.”


“Yeah, good luck reading thirty of the same book report.”


Sean rolled his eyes and leaned in to kiss Dane on the mouth, short and sweet. They’d never really done a goodbye kiss before and he couldn’t meet Dane’s eyes afterward. Sean went for the stairs.


Chapter 68