Excerpt from Euphoria:

Zachary walked down the darkened streets, listening to the night. He knew the sounds quite well now, though they had barely arrived on this planet four days ago, and also knew he was being stalked. It wasn’t a Shadow Stalker, Euphoria didn’t have them here. Which was the main reason Ivy chose this planet over the others they could have travelled to. Because of the other Shadow Stalkers, Zachary and his mother had gotten too well-known on Phantasmagoria and came here to continue their work.

Silver had followed them as well, stating why should he stay on the same planet when his best employees were relocating to a new one? Zachary and Ivy were able to get on the shuttle to Euphoria without incident, because of Silver’s spotless record of being Cardell Skull and owning the liveliest of all clubs within Phantasmagoria. Which, Zachary had found amusing, annoyed the hell out of Ivy.

The footsteps were getting closer, causing Zachary to unobtrusively reach under his dark navy coat and wrap his fingers around the hilt of his favored weapon. It was a bowie knife Ivy had made especially for him. Across the blade and around the hilt were two entwining poison ivy strands. At least one of his parents cared for him, even if she was absent for the first ten years of his life.

When the footsteps were directly behind him, Zachary quickly twisted around to confront the person with knife in hand. A popping sound caused his eyes to widen in shock. The knife fell from numb fingers as he lost control of his body and fell to the ground spasming. A feminine laugh echoed throughout the night a moment before something large and dark came down on the back of his head, causing Zachary to fall unconscious.