"Today, however can change things for better or worse. The outcome depends on you." When a marriage fails, the residue trickles down to everyone in the family. Sixteen-year-old Daya Nicole Johnston must fight to understand what is happening in her life. The revelations about her father surprise her, her brother is becoming distant, her mother is a shell of her former self, and her best friend will not talk to her. To complicate things further, she finds herself caught in a love triangle that pulls at her heart. These events turn her life on its head. How will she cope? And what will she do to combat this? Book 1 in the One Week Older series *Completed October 25, 2019* *Revised July 2024* Cover by comicstvr

1862, New Orleans, Public unrest is brewing, America is on the verge of civil war, an immortal French woman, Hèliene Du Pont is given the chance to use her gift to fight for peace, a gift to see snippets into the future, although not fully developed, is a rather advantageous phenomena that many wish to take advantage of. After being sent into a werewolf den, will she be a catalyst for change? Or war?