Previously on Bayou Blood: Family Ties
Some threats announce themselves.
Others walk through the front door and sit down beside you.
Chapter Eight opens in the quietest way possible. Breakfast at a diner. Casual conversation. The kind of morning that almost convinces Derek and Olivia that Bayou Mounds hasn’t completely lost its grip on reality. But beneath the small talk sits an unspoken truth. The violence in Everdale wasn’t random. It wasn’t finished.
By nightfall, that truth comes knocking.
What follows is not an attack born of hunger, but one of intent. Lycara no longer hides in storms or shadows. She chooses her targets. She studies them. And when she moves, she does so with precision that leaves no room for doubt.
This chapter tightens the personal stakes of Family Ties. Trust becomes a weapon. Familiar faces become traps. And the line between hunter and hunted collapses without warning. The danger is no longer circling the city. It has stepped directly into the lives of those trying to stop it.
Chapter Eight marks a brutal escalation. Alliances are tested. Bloodlines collide. And the war that once felt distant becomes immediate and unavoidable.
Bayou Mounds has crossed another line.
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Some battles aren’t meant to be avoided.
They’re meant to be survived.
