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 Between Book 4 and 5 of The Night Huntress series, Cat's friend Denise was pretty busy. After losing her husband to the ghoul/zombie/vampire war, she promised herself that she would never get involved with the paranormal world ever again. How quickly promises change. After the surprising death of her cousin, she goes out with another cousin after the funeral for a drink. He confesses that he doesn't believe that their cousin died from a heart attack - who dies from one at 23? - and that he feels like he's being watched recently. Denise waves it off, until they leave the bar and a man attacks her cousin. She can't believe what she's seeing, her cousin is dying from a heart attack and did his attack really just turn into a dog?