Cameron has built a good life for himself despite his rough start. He can’t trust enough for romance, but he’s okay with that. He’s got good money coming in as a graphic designer and just inherited a duplex in Plymouth from his estranged grandfather, so he doesn’t have to worry about keeping a roof over his head. He likes his tenants, he has friends, and he’s content with that.<br><br>When two guys claiming to be paranormal investigators show up on his doorstep tell him the tenants contacted them about “phenomena” in the house, he knows they’re con men right away. For one thing, they claim he was the tenant. He sends them packing. It doesn’t matter that one of the con artists is the hottest guy Cameron has seen in years -- if anything, that just makes Cameron more suspicious.<br><br>Then things go wrong in the house, things he can’t shrug off or ignore. The past Cameron has worked so hard to leave behind is coming for him, and it’s angry.

Rites of Spring

Cameron and Mrs. Shaladi followed Reid through the house as he sought out every room that might have a drain and repeated the process. Every time they did, they heard that same hiss, and Cameron had to admit that the sound was chilling. He didn’t want to think about what it could mean. The lights flickering at odd intervals didn’t help the atmosphere either; Cameron kind of felt like a character in a bad horror movie. When they poured the boiling water down the sink, the hiss turned into a scream, and Ali jumped up and yelled.


“It’s just a weird noise,” Cameron told the boy. “It’s plumbing. It does stuff like that.”


Reid met his eyes, and Cameron knew that the scream was not a normal part of this process.


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