Edwin Masters has spent his entire life lusting after one car -- a 1962 Alfa Romeo Spider 2600. When he finally buys one, it changes the entire shape and meaning of his world. The car comes with a guest, and the restless spirit is awakened by Edwin.<br><br>Cooper James, the young man who died behind the wheel forty-seven years earlier, haunts the Spider and he wants a life. He wants Edwin. So he reaches out, sucking Edwin into a deepening abyss by exploiting demons from a past Edwin can't break from.<br><br>Edwin resists, struggling against the phantom in favor of an attractive, exciting young man who wants to be with him, Carson Heston. Carson holds the key to Edwin's salvation, but every time he gets close, Cooper terrorizes him. Edwin knows he'll be lost forever if he submits to Cooper's dark promise of release and relief, but that might be the only way to save Carson's life.

On a Bruised Road

What are you going to do? Knock on every door in Los Angeles?


He supposed he would try, if that’s what he had to do. As the minutes ticked by and the disappointments mounted, he began to suspect that knocking on random doors was not the best way to find what he was looking for. Nobody had seen a man matching Edwin’s descriptions. Nobody had seen the car. Carson couldn’t even be surprised. It was natural to ignore everything except what you absolutely had to see, especially in Los Angeles. Or maybe it was only natural to do that in Los Angeles.


Chapter 54