At the multimillionaire’s wife’s funeral, a homeless girl pointed at the casket and screamed, “She’s not dead! I saw him lock her in!” The husband sneered, “Get this lunatic out of here.” But when the lock broke and the lid slid open, what lay inside made the entire crowd freeze in terror…

vehicle to fully stop before I kicked my door open and plunged into the freezing, oppressive fog of Ferncrest Woods.

“Vance! Flank the perimeter!” I roared, the metallic tang of adrenaline coating my throat.

Through the dense, skeletal trees, the lodge was a blazing inferno, its timber frame groaning under the sheer heat. But the explosion hadn’t come continue reading …