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

But Jay had said this was a sure thing, hadn’t he?


So what on earth did he have to worry about? 9


The phone awakened Hunter at about nine. He reached over and picked up his cell from the nightstand. “‘Lo?”


Hunter sat up straighter in bed. He could hear the sound of Jay taking a shower in the next room. “No,” he lied. “Not at all. What’s going on?” He was afraid Ian was going to attempt to convince him once again not to move to Beaumont House. Various appeals to what the attorney referred to as his “common sense” had been unsuccessful, pleas that his grandmother did not want things this way or that he would be lonely or that the house was uninhabitable, though they both knew this last statement for a lie. And Ian had been furious when he heard about liquidating the stocks. Hunter sighed, wishing he had taken the time to check the caller ID on his phone before answering.


“Because if I did, go back to bed. We can talk later.”


Chapter 33