A story where Our favorite Piemaker has to face his past while also chasing a killer Santa on the loose. Your holidays can never be normal when you are able to wake the dead.

After five World Wars, the tensions between the people of Earth have never been palpable. Seventeen-year-old Ember Burning is no stranger to hate crimes. Six years of her life have been spent on the run, coasting from city to city, staying under the radar. She'll do anything to safeguard both her secrets and her younger siblings. So when the government's solution to the rapidly growing problem of hate crimes is not what anyone expected, let alone good, Ember decides that it's time to get away. Far away. Chase Scarstone is almost your average baker's boy. He might be considered normal if he could make his food look edible, and if he could forget his passion for poetry, an art form frowned upon by both his parents and society. But he can't seem to ditch it, no matter how hard he tries. The words just flow from Chase like a melody, and he can't escape it. He decides instead to run after Ember, thinking that perhaps the mysterious girl might be able to help him to become normal. Or at least help him escape. Because that's all they both really want: an escape.

The world as we know it ended 209 years ago. From a desert wasteland springs a single kingdom, ruled by a tyrannical King and trapped in an endless war against the shadowy desert warriors. As a desperate bid to save what remains of humanity, society has been split into two distinct classes, nicknamed the Court and the Commons. For an oppressed population on the brink of revolution, a common thief could be the last hope. Up until now, Kay has survived by her wits alone. Reckless and impulsive, wanted by the King's guard, Kay has become known as the Runner. Using the city's rooftops as her personal domain, she manages to keep one step ahead of the King with one hand buried in the purses of the courtiers. Driven by the plight of the commoners and the unjust death of her family, Kay seizes the chance to graduate from small-time thievery to full-scale rebellion. Her opportunity comes in the form of Will, a wealthy ex-soldier with a dark past. Plucked from the streets and thrown into the shimmering palace court, Kay must use her every strength to blend into a world where she doesn't belong, closer to the enemy than she ever thought she would be.

It has been almost thirteen years since Katniss and Gale have seen each other. Now, when the Panem is about to go into another war, Gales comes back to District 12 to warn Katniss and Peeta. But the war and famine are close behind him. And with two kids, how can Peeta and Katniss leave? Who will make it out alive? ***I do not own any of the characters.