How to Flirt with a Hellhound (Hellhounds of Paradise Falls #1)

Chapter 12

Dexter

A s soon as I walked in the door, I grabbed my computer and headed out onto my front porch. I sat on the porch swing and started doing some online research, eventually ordering some top of the line security, rush shipping so that it would be here tomorrow for me to install. If I obsessively sniffed the air, well… I was just being cautious.

I could smell a rotting soul miles away, and I’d felt confident at the time telling Toby he could go into town. It wasn’t that far, and I hadn’t sensed anything. But now doubts were starting to creep in. What if the stalker wasn’t fully rotting yet? I hadn’t sensed any decaying souls either, which was actually really rare for a town and one of the reasons Paradise Falls was so welcoming. Usually there were souls who were decaying and could go either way in most towns, but Paradise Falls seemed to genuinely be a good place. I didn’t know if all the demons and angels and the oracle somehow scared off bad souls, but the town smelled nice.