New Orleans' Burning Heart

er keg, teetering on t

nt, the Mayor's daughter,

" Moreau, the charismatic gang leader I once loved, h

ion" was a br

my father mauled by his dogs, my brot

ed to watch as New Orleans

ng outbuilding, I end

the abortion of

is new queen, wearing my dead mother's

, a "living decay," gnawed at

relentles

g, my hidden sacrifice, claiming I w

n I' d dared to enter

ollapsing, my body finally failing

se eating me alive was the secret price I paid years

break the monster he's become, or is it simply too l