Kaius pulled up to the scene in record time with both his brother and me crammed into the back seat of his Camaro. My heart stuttered inside my chest while my phone continued to vibrate in my hand. The alert pinged repeatedly, my ID the only one that had responded to it so far.

I was scared to see what we were walking into. What kind of mess the brothers’ father had left for us, or if he was still there, slaughtering people. What were they going to do once they ...