Chapter 28
Canada, Twenty-Eight Years Ago
Instead of biting, the ghoul clamped its jaws over the boy’s nose and mouth silencing his cries. The monster forcefully exhaled into the child’s lungs. The thing’s breath smelled like the dead vole Mommy found behind the shed, bloated and covered in crawling worms and flies. The boy gagged, but frozen in terror, he didn’t struggle…
Northern California, Present Time
Maggie adjourned the meeting. She, Jake, and Happy reconvened in the reception area. “Damn it,” she said. “Someone has been leaking info about our cases to the press, and when I find out who it is, I’m going to personally stomp a lung out of him. But first, I’m going after that prick, Mario. This piece of garbage book just might have compromised our investigation. I’ll have his balls
