Hunter Beaumont doesn't understand his grandmother's deathbed wish: "Destroy Beaumont House." He'd never even heard of the place. But after his grandmother passes and his first love betrays him, the family house in the Wisconsin woods looks like a tempting refuge. Going against his grandmother's wishes, Hunter flees to Beaumont House.<br><br>But will the house be the sanctuary he had hoped for? Soon after moving in, Hunter realizes he may not be alone. And who -- or what -- he shares the house may plunge him into a nightmare from which he may never escape.<br><br>Sparks fly when he meets his handsome neighbor, a caretaker for the estate next door, but is the man salvation...or is he the source of Hunter's terror?

A Demon Inside

And finally he thought of Nana. Beyond the dream images, beyond her final pathetic entreaty about the house, Nana stayed alive in his heart for all the good she’d done. She had taken him, as a shell-shocked little boy, and raised him. Protected him. Nurtured him. And yes, spoiled him, giving him practically whatever it was he wanted—riding lessons, a piano, a car on his sixteenth birthday, taking him to China, Italy, France, England, Egypt, and Argentina. The old woman could never say no to him, and she always had a bottomless well of love for her grandson and always put his best interests first.


So how could he even contemplate now saying no to her final request?


Hunter got up, tired of lying awake and wide-eyed, and put on his robe.


He started downstairs to see what there was in the refrigerator. The house was dark and silent. For once the flow of traffic on Sheridan had slowed to a trickle. He felt like he was the only person in the world.


Chapter 22