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

“I’m going to let you go,” Edwin said softly. “I’m going to let it all go.”


“Cooper, you are dead. Why won’t you accept that? Why won’t you let yourself accept that? You can’t change it. You can’t undo it. It’s horrible, and it’s unfair, and I’m sorry.”


Edwin supposed it was as simple as that for Cooper. As long as they had a connection, he would never voluntarily give it up. Did that mean he was going to kill Cooper all over again? Or did that mean he was finally going to do the right thing by a young man who had probably only a known a moment of love in his entire life? What if there was nothing else? What if there was nothing more? What if he was destroying a consciousness?


“That’s not what I asked. But you don’t need to answer me. I think I already know.”


“I don’t want to go. Please don’t make me. Please…please, Edwin.”


Chapter 81