Chapter 12 Zachary released his death grip from Tiara’s wrist when the familiar walls of the castle garage appeared around them. He couldn’t risk looking at her, otherwise he’d grab her by the shoulders and start shaking so hard he’d give her whiplash. Instead, he pushed open the car door with so much force it broke away from its hinges. Storm arched an eyebrow in Zachary’s direction before walking around to Tiara’s side of the car and opening the door for her. Holding out his hand, Tiara took it and let him help her out. “Are you all right?” Storm asked. He was glad when she finally pulled the trench coat completely around her so Zachary would quit staring a jealous hole through him. Tiara nodded clutching at the edges of the coat and graced Storm with a warm smile. “I’m fine… nothing happened.” Storm gave her a curious expression when Zachary growled and she lifted her chin in defiance. “Well… it’s the truth,” Tiara insisted. Zachary got out of the car, gl

Chapter 14 “Uh oh,” Angelica said and opened the door further. “I know that look. You messed up didn’t you?” Zachary glared and stepped into the room. “I don’t know what I did. All I know is Tiara’s feelings were supposedly hurt and I don’t have a clue why.” Angelica shrugged, “Did you ask her?” “No,” Zachary growled. “I was just threatened with life-long haunting from Carley’s ghost if I even attempted to talk to Tiara tonight.” Angelica walked over to the bed and sat down moving her sketch pad so Zachary could have a seat. “So give me the rundown of what you do know.” Zachary opened his mouth then snapped it shut pressing his lips together. Without warning, he reached for Angelica’s temples and held on when she immediately started to struggle. He closed his eyes and let the whole mess pass between them, and then just as abruptly, let go. Within those couple seconds, he’d showed her everything that happened from the time Storm had put him in charge of the g

Chapter 16 Zachary leaned to the side and watched the tombstone bust as it hit another one behind him. Flipping back around, he made a face at the demon and decided it was too ugly to live… not that it would have anyway. A ball of fire formed in his open hand and he threw it at the demon. His eyes widened when it crouched down on all four spider-like legs. It took off skittering sideways like some fast creepy-crawly contortionist reminding him of the thing that climbed out of the TV at the end of the movie “The Ring.” A serious wave of the wiggly-boos washed over him when he looked in the direction it scurried off to, noting several more of its clones. They were crawling over the tombstones and across the ground with blinding speed and Zachary repressed a shiver. Taking a second to let it all sink in, he realized Storm had dropped him off in the middle of the graveyard with no idea where Tiara was or how to get to her. “When in doubt, follow the monsters,” Zachary m

Chapter 18 Jason finished ripping the legs off of a Skitter that decided he would be the thing’s next meal. “Dummy, you’re lucky I don’t beat you with it,” he dropped the leg and turned toward the darkest side of the massive cemetery. Somehow, he knew exactly what direction Tiara was in. He looked down at the ring on his hand, which had started glowing bright like a miniature electric blue sun. Jason started running across the cemetery. He slid to a stop when two more Skitters suddenly dropped down in front of him, hissing and scurrying back and forth acting like they were about to attack. One of them suddenly ran at him and Jason held out his hand to grab at it when the creature stopped and backed away with a high pitched shriek. Jason watched as it lifted one of its appendages in an attempt to shield its eyes. The second Skitter was slowly moving away from him as well with a look of fear in its crimson eyes as it stared at his hand. Its lips pulled back showing two rows o

Chapter 20 Craven stood on the roof of a large mausoleum at the back edge of the cemetery watching the battle unfold from a distance. Night Hawk stood silently beside him with an impassive expression on his face. They had no plans to get involved with this battle… they were merely waiting for the outcome. There were too many demon hunters scattered throughout the graveyard and Craven had no wish to engage them at this time. The power inside the mausoleum shifted a bit and Craven looked down at the roof where he was standing. The master demon of this graveyard was inside, creating its hideous offspring by the droves. They had seen numerous ‘baby’ demons emerge from the building and run toward the main hub of battle. Craven really had no interest in the smaller demons. He was merely waiting to see which hunter was strong enough to kill the master. Once that happened he planned to move in and expand his territory with this cemetery. There were also more than a few abandoned ho