
Adam picks her up after martial arts, invites her to dinner and dancing tomorrow. Tim’s cousin did the graffiti, they can’t see who did the bones. The door has an intricate painting of crossed bones. The next day, Mercy sees her shop wall has been vandalized with graffiti. Samuel comes home, tells Mercy’s mom how she’s really doing, will keep her updated. Mercy tells Mom everything, excluding only Ben’s name. Adam kisses Mercy goodbye, she has a panic attack. They did it because he saved them from the sorcerer. Mercy’s concerned about the coincidental timing.Īfter Stefan’s fed on Peter and Ben, the wolves get ready to take him to Adam’s house. Mercy says she has company, gets Amber’s number. She’s come to ask for help because her house is haunted and it’s focused on her 9yo son, Chad. She’d read about Mercy in the Spokane paper, remembered Mercy once saying she could see ghosts. It’s Amber, a friend she hasn’t seen since college. Mercy gets Adam’s phone so he can call more wolves to feed Stefan, then she answers the door. Mercy tells her Stefan’s a good guy, tells her a little about vampires while Adam feeds Stefan. Run.” Mom’s already got her gun aimed at him. Mercy identifies Stefan only by his Scooby-Doo shirt. It dropped to the floor, reeking of char, old blood, and rotten corpses.



It was a human-sized something, black and crunchy. Suddenly, something appears between Mom and Adam. Mercy explains she was a coyote for a few days, introduces Adam. Mercy’s mom arrives, angry she learned about it in the news. Do I need to read books before this one: yesĪdam refuses to sleep with Mercy until she’s talked with someone about her rape.
