Fire In The Trees
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Last published Wed, Jan 29, 2014
Christopher Pierce's life was changed one night when a massive blaze burned his home to ashes, only to find his beloved wife murdered. Startled and nowhere else to turn, Christopher's only option was to run and as far away as he could thanks to the coven of vampires he ran into. Over a century later after the incident, he finds himself still fighting the nightmares from his past. Will those who attacked his home finally catch him or will he reap vengeance for the one he lost?
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