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A twenty-year-old secret lies revealed. Someone wants it reburied at any cost. She's now marked for termination with extreme prejudice. Julia Xero is in shock. At twenty-two, the introverted orphan found her dream job cleaning up after the dead and even acquired a family worth staying and fighting for. The semi-stuck-up hidden race she works for doesn't take the news that she's not entirely human well, but Julia stubbornly stands her ground despite one of them "shockingly" trying to kill her outright.

Julia Xero is stuck in survival mode. After losing the only person she loved, the introverted orphan longs to escape her toxic employment for the zen of crime and trauma scene decontamination. But when she lands her dream job and is called to a bloody rooftop with a decapitated corpse, she’s horrified to come face to face with an otherworldly shark-toothed assassin.

Humanity devolves back to its carnal heritage of slavery to re-establish currency through the slave trade. Nobody knows who started it, but the devastation ravages every organic life form, both plant and animal. 90% of human life is wiped out, and of the 10% that survive, radiation poisoning has varying effects on the human genome, creating both mindless beasts called Ashers and beings with special gifts - Alphas. As humanity struggles to survive, migrating to the safety of continental coastlines in search of fresh water, the planet scurries to salvage some kind of economic stability.

Thorny is being pressured by old ghosts, both mountain ranges, and the women of the town who are looking for answers. An expected refuge isn't what it seems, and the rest of the world is holding its breath as the two motorcycle companies go head-to-head with "The Race of the Century." Right through her jurisdiction. The summer heat turns up when the FBI comes calling. And it doesn't help that it's Sunday and the Barefoot Posse has work to do.

Thorny Wallace returns to her hometown for peace and quiet. WWII is distant thunder in the small rural town, but Los Angeles is always a clear and present threat. As she begins to look into an old death, she finds that there is always more going on in the small quiet town than meets the eye. But, when she thinks she has the players figured out, the FBI shows up.

They identify and locate the others through senses, except for a singular anomaly, whom they call the Black Hole or the Black Sheep. Their immortality derives from their ability to flow into another living host when the original host dies. This ability allows them to have a renewed body or escape detection as they take over a host of a different species.

Ethan Cole is cold, cocky, and impossible to ignore. A tech mogul with secrets, scandals, and a jawline that should come with a warning. He’s older. Off-limits. And totally uninterested in being interviewed by a “sunshine reporter” like me. So of course I push. He pushes back. And then the storm hits—literally. We’re stranded. Just me, him, and all that bottled-up tension. One night turns into slow-burn stares. Late-night confessions. And a kiss that wrecks my career plan. He’s hiding something. I’m supposed to expose it. But what if I uncover something else instead?

Ms. Celestituism found a Wikipedia list of "Excommunicated people". This hooked her. One of the people on this list in particular called to her, so she coined a belief system based on his name and has been Advancing this belief system since.