Lauren Victoria Craig

Francine is released from prison and settles down in a small town. She is unable to regain a foothold in society and turns to animals for comfort.

Audrey Walker has given up her hopes and dreams, until an ex-love returns to town and helps her realize a second chance at life.

Centuries ago, the monks of the Cult of the Blood Symbol went searching for their "chosen one" whose blood, they believed, would make them immortal. Olam, the only living survivor of the cult, finally finds his intended victim in Tracy Walker, a fiesty, athletic college student. Patiently, deliberately, Olam prepares to take the one he's been waiting centuries to kill...