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

Reid rushed upstairs. He looked at Cameron’s neck and grimaced. “Your first ghost hunt and you had to get a choker. You have no luck at all.” When he heard the story of how Catherine had trapped them up there, he shook his head. “She shouldn’t be this strong yet. It shouldn’t be possible.”


Cameron pulled out his phone. “Does this symbol look familiar to you?” He showed Reid the symbol carved into the old tree in the backyard. “I keep getting an overwhelming urge to go activate it.”


Reid’s eyes narrowed. “How do you think you would do that?” He took the phone from Cameron’s hands and looked closely at the sigil.


Cameron explained the dream that he’d had. “I’m no expert, but it seems like that’s how she did it.”


Chapter 44