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.
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.
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 ...
Chapter 1Decaying leaves crunched beneath Calvin Schumacher’s heels, and not for the first time, he wished he’d worn different shoes. Every step rattled through the cemetery. He kept his gaze forward, locked on the back of the minister, but he just knew everybody was looking in his direction. They did more than look. They whispered. No amount of unraked foliage could mask that. “Who’s that?” “Ted’s son.” “Ted had a kid?” “I think he lives in New York. An artist or something.” “Ted never said he had a kid.” “Didn’t you know? He’s gay.” “Oh. That makes sense then.” Did it? Calvin wanted to whirl around and demand what his sexuality had to do with anything, especially on the day he was burying his father. But it would be a waste of energy. Nobody would change their mind. They’d made t