Chapter Ten:
After they died…I tried to blame myself, after all, it was me that stole my dad's car and drove off across the country looking for that demon. I suppose I never even considered that my father wanted to do it because he knew he'd never come back alive. I was so blind back then…blind to everything that was going on around me. I thought I was this hard-core hunter and I knew everything…but in reality, my mother had sheltered me from a lot and when it came to being out on my own, I was out of my depth. Jamie won't let me feel sorry for myself though…the demon told her that three demons stopped my dad that day to bring my mom home and two have been stopped. That leaves one remaining with a personal vendetta on my family. Uncle Sam told me the truth, about everything…and now I know that nothing that ever happened was an accident…it was almost a reverse fate…the devil's design for the people I care about, the people who actually had the power to stop them.
My aunt Maggie was buried next to my cousin Joshua up in Boston. Adam took it pretty well, considering…he still has his dad though so they've got one another. My father was cremated and as I stand here, watching the sunset behind the ocean I can't help wish that we'd all had a normal life. He once told me that a Djinn had given him the life he'd always wanted…but y'know, the grass isn't always greener on the other side. That story really made me change my whole perspective on hunting and now I know that there's at least one more son of a bitch out there that could attack my sister or my cousins or anyone else that I love, I know that I have to carry on where my dad left off. My parents house was sold last week, Jamie's moved in with Sam, I wouldn't let her drop out of school…especially as she's so desperate to just live a normal life…I can't hold her back from that. I don't want to hold her back from that. I'll keep my eye on her in my own way…but I've got to work. Adam stands behind me, further up the beach, he's waiting for me. He's waiting for me to initiate the end of this saga. With a heavy sigh I pull the lid off of my father's urn, tipping its contents into the sea. Goodbye dad. I'll avenge you, mom, and everyone else that those demons ever touched.
Duncan trudged back up the beach to where Adam was leaning against the side of the red dodge. He met his cousin's eyes with a sad but reassuring smile,
"Ready to go?" Asked the shorthaired teen. Duncan didn't answer as he moved to the trunk of the car, popping it open as his cousin followed, he slung his grandfather's journal into the trunk,
"We've got work to do." He said seriously, slamming the trunk closed.