In an effort to reinvigorate the paranormal investigation genre -- and his career -- Killian McKay makes the decision to livestream a ghost hunt in the house where he had his first supernatural encounter as a kid. To make sure things get interesting, he hires a witch to stir up the spirits in the house.<br><br>When the witch, Lady Ivana, turns out to be a handsome, muscular, genderfluid man named Ivan, Killian quickly realizes he underestimated just how interesting things can get.<br><br>Ivan is the real deal, a witch with herbs and spells and magic, and he knows more about ghosts than Killian ever hoped to learn. Killian wants to know everything Ivan knows, and he wants to know everything about Ivan ... but first, they have to survive the night.

The Haunting of Killian McKay

The elevator stopped on the third floor, and the doors slid open on a boring hotel corridor with neutral tan walls and a dark patterned carpet. The spike in Killian’s heartrate had turned from nerves to excitement.


“Even if you were my apprentice already,” Ivan said over his shoulder, “as consenting adults, you being my apprentice doesn’t mean we can’t fuck.”


They were in room 310, and Ivan didn’t even wait until the door was shut before he started peeling off clothes. Coat first, followed by dark T-shirt, which left him in a white sleeveless undershirt. Killian admired his companion’s strong arms and shoulders. He wondered how someone with such a bulky, muscular physique handled Lady Ivana days. Did he—she—wear dresses? Makeup? If they were going to be close going forward, he was sure he’d find out.


Chapter 16