Exhausted with life, Dakota tries to end his -- only to be saved at the last moment by his friend Terrell, who then drags him into a world of magic and intrigue that's always been right there, hidden beneath the surface.<br><br>Powerful magic users are steadily pulling the planet into a violent war, and evil forces will stop at nothing to take the talismans possessed by Dakota and his newfound family. Dakota soon finds himself deeply in over his head ... with love, with family, with fighting for all their lives.

The Pyre Starter

There were no open windows this time, and he found the door—a much newer one—firmly locked up. With no signs of anyone having broken in, he quickly moved on to another candidate. And another. All the newer buildings were not only secured and empty, but they probably had alarm systems. He couldn’t risk breaking a window just to make sure no psychopaths were lurking inside. And since Dakota found no evidence that anyone had tried to enter them, he could only assume his opponent thought the same way about the situation.


An unsettling thought. But if they wereon the same page, just for two drastically different reasons, where would hego? Dakota stood in the darkness behind a forklift and looked around. There were a couple of abandoned buildings at the back of the property. Instead of escaping, the arsonist may be hiding there, waiting for Dakota to give up and leave or be chased away by police sirens.


Chapter 90