Chapter 29

And Matthew strove all the harder to please him.

“Where’s Mom?”

“Mama,” he emphasized, “is with her husband and the twins.” Grandfather had insisted they change from the ultra-casual Momto the more traditional Mama. “She doesn’t care either.”

“Matt, you know that isn’t true.”

“That’s why she’s here.” He glowered at the three people before him. “Go,” he ordered them. “Grandfather wouldn’t have wanted you here, and Idon’t want you here!”

“What are you going to do?”

“What I’ve been trained to do since I turned fourteen. I’ll hunt down every monster I can find, including that thing that destroyed our family.” They didn’t need to know that as of yet he’d been unsuccessful. Grandfather had been furious that no matter how close they’d come, they had all been unsuccessful. And then one by one their uncles had died, and now Grandfather…