Introduction: Fear the Darkness (Dark-Hunter #10.5) This is a special thank you to readers for all the great years. It鈥檚 a small story about Nick鈥檚 homecoming to New Orleans after his mother鈥檚 death and after Katrina. I knew from the beginning what was going to happen to Nick. I wanted the reader to see the birth of a Dark-Hunter, only to have it with a twist. And even though I knew what was going to happen, I still cried when I wrote the scene....