With Fire and Blood

She opened her eyes and everything changed.

Nothing could have prepared Murder for the day that Mystique opened her eyes. Her recovery is nothing short of a miracle, but it comes with a cruel all memory of the fire has been lost by her traumatic concussion.

As Mystique begins to ask questions, Murder is forced to come clean—not just to her, but to every friend who trusted him. The truth is he was the architect of her “death,” and he’s been living with the lie ever since, in order to keep her safe. Betrayal cuts deep, especially for Shaniece, whose anger can’t be masked by sympathy or tears.

The weight of his deception presses down hardest when it comes to Mia—the woman he loves; the woman he’s lied to the most. And secrets have a way of surfacing. When a snake in the grass delivers the truth to Mia about Murder’s part in the casino robbery, Murder’s world detonates.

But the secrets and the hurt quickly get placed on the back burner. They all realize the blame they once placed on Steez for the fire was misdirected. The real killer had even worse motives, darker than anyone imagined.

Can love survive betrayal? Can the wounds between Murder and Mia heal? And will the person who has hunted Mystique from the beginning finally succeed? Dive into the finale of The Smoke Series – With Fire and Blood - where every secret has its price, and some debts must be paid in fire.