An unconventional happily ever after short story (8,000 words). Death visited me the first time in the summer of 2002 on a dusty street somewhere in the middle of Afghanistan. But this story isn't about that. It's about the second time he visited me when Death made me choose. My name is Archie Briggs. The date is January 26, 2007. I don’t know it yet, but today is my reckoning day.

Book #3 of the Unraveled Series. House of Steel (#1) and House of Fire (#2) are FREE for a limited time: November 5-9. One year after killing my so-called father, I thought I’d buried the past six feet under. A new country. A new name. And now love. I've just received an urgent message from Delaney, the sister I never knew I had until a year ago. She told me that Father Haskens was found dead in the rectory of St. Mary's Church in Appleton and that Sister Josephine was in danger. They need my help to finish what Holston Parker started, but I can't imagine going back to the place where it all began. I’ve spent my whole life as an after-thought, unwanted by the man that took me. And now, I’m being hunted, and I never knew how bad it could hurt. - Evie Parker