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

Outside, the sun was blinding as he hurried to his car. As he lifted the remote to unlock it, he caught a flash of bright red in his peripheral vision. He turned and saw Naomi Black standing there, grinning. She had donned a silk Cubs jacket. Hunter laughed. Where did the woman get her fashion sense?


“I want to change yours. Let’s get this over with.”


Naomi and Hunter stood outside Beaumont House. The late afternoon sun hung low on the horizon. Naomi rubbed her arms.


“In all my years of doing this, I have never felt anything like this before.”


“Like what?” Hunter hoped he hadn’t brought her all the way up here for nothing, to only turn around and go back to Chicago.


“Evil, hate…whatever you want to call it.”


Naomi looked at Hunter, and in her eyes, he could see fear.


“Won’t you at least come inside? I can show you where the thing has appeared to me. Please, I really must get rid of it.”


Chapter 75