While Keston enjoys his occasional video game tournaments with the kid across the hall, he's grown tired of the daily grind of his job. With a bit of a push from his boss, he heads out for a weekend at his family's cabin in Kona Woods. A little time away from the hustle and bustle sounds like just the thing he needs.<br><br>Turns out he isn't alone, though, as there are others lurking in the shadows. When a near-death experience brings Ness waltzing into his life, everything Keston thought he knew is turned upside down, and he runs in fear.<br><br>But will facing what scares him bring to Keston's life what it's missing most?

The Murky Depths

Ness flinched. “I found him poking around and stopped to send him on his way. He saw ye’r light,” he pointed out, jabbing a finger toward the homestead.


The imposing creature stood before him, anger simmering in unnatural colored eyes. “I sawyou, Ness.”


The meaning of the statement was clear, did he explain why he kissed the human or let it go and take whatever tongue lashing he was on the verge of receiving? “I admit, aye, I kissed him. My reason was…sound. There’s something off about him. There has to be a trace of one of our kind running through his blood, it’s the sole explanation.”


“Our kind don’t mate with humans.”


Chapter 12