As an artist in NYC, Calvin Shumacher finally has the life he's always wanted. In fact, only one thing can get him to come back to Illinois -- his father's funeral. All he wants is to bury his dad and hightail it back to New York, but a sniper at the graveyard puts those plans on indefinite hold.<br><br>So does Matthew Soto. The gorgeous gunman who speaks of monsters wearing human faces. And predicts there won't be a body for police to find.<br><br>Calvin doesn't know what to think when Matthew claims he didn't do anything wrong. All he knows is that this man's haunted eyes seem to pierce right into his soul. But as each of Matthew's assertions comes true, Calvin slowly realizes this killer could be the only thing standing between him and an unspeakable evil ...

Walk Among Us

The sniper was at least as tall as him, if not taller. Those were good details to know to give to the cops when they arrived.


For a moment, he debated scaling the building to see if the sniper had left anything behind, or even to view the funeral party the way he had. The mausoleum was only twenty or so yards away from the graveside. It would have been easy to pick out a target. If the killer even cared about who he hit.


But as soon as he started contemplating the climb, Calvin dismissed it. He didn’t need to get his fingerprints on potential evidence. That was stupid. It would tie him to this place longer than he wanted to stay. Better to back off and let the police have at it.


Chapter 3