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

Now he watched the steady stream of rain smear Hunter’s hospital room window, thinking how the downpour would smother the smoldering embers—all that remained of the once great Beaumont House.


A nurse came in and freshened Hunter’s water pitcher, took his temperature and pulse, noted them on a chart, and hurried away, giving Michael a small smile.


The colors and blurring came again. But this time when Hunter’s lids fluttered open, his vision rapidly adjusted, and he saw the broad back of a nurse. The nurse looked up, adjusting the flow of the IV that hung on a rack above Hunter’s bed. Hunter’s gaze moved over a bit, and he saw a man he recognized: Michael.


Michael smiled, then cut his gaze for an instant to the nurse. “I think he’s awake.”


Chapter 94