Chapter 82: Lust Undone Prologue

"I'd like to propose a toast."

Craig Stafford raised his champagne flute and looked at the people gathered around him.

"We look entirely too somber for a wedding party."

"You're right." Logan Tanner, former Montana deputy sheriff, chimed in. "This is an important occasion and we should be celebrating it."

"To Chloe and Mark." Craig smiled at the couple standing near him. "Sunshine in darkness. May you have a long and happy life together."

The others echoed him and then lifted their glasses in cheers to Mark Guitron and Chloe Hansen. Mark's arm was tight around the shoulders of his very new bride, the gesture both loving and protective.

This very specialized group of people, called Night Seekers, were all standing on the patio of Desolation Ranch. Set up as their headquarters, the ranch had been purchased by Stafford, the reclusive billionaire who was dedicating his life to the eradication of the Chupacabra. The devil beast.

El Chupacabra!