A string of brutal murders. A trail of red velvet roses. A past Peter thought he had outrun. As the case unravels, so does his grip on the walls he built to keep old ghosts at bay. But some nightmares never stay buried. And this one is coming for him.

Post brands of course :-) it's been a few weeks.  Jordan's not happy with what she sees (with Detective Morgan's help of course) as an incomprehensible lifestyle change. Distance with her and Peter grows as he doesn't know how to help her understand something that he's trying to come to terms with. Strangely, he gets help in that area from very unexpected quarters. It would appear, there's quite a bit. Peter hasn't realized. Peter Caine touch the lives of many of his friends and they are not going let him fade in the Chinatown. Peter is one Caine that will soon find he's no one can afford for him to walk alone. As  ghosts from the past rise, dreams haunt, skeletons crawl out of closets. Peter caught in the middle. Battling his own darkness. His friends are going to need the Shaolin cop and priest. He must find the balance because he is truly both at heart. Can he trust them enough? .

Summary: Timeframe: Set after the fan fic "Hesitation". A drug sting has gone viciously haywire and a bitter enemy from Peter and Kermit's past returns to collect a three and a half-year-old debt. A debt, which would force Peter into a nightmarish Hell... filled with addicting narcotics and an act of murder... Third in the "Ties that Bind" series

Timeframe: A year and a half after "Requiem". When Peter and Kermit finally get a chance to take a long awaited camping vacation in the mountains, they encounter a deadly enemy from their past. Held captive and tortured, they struggle to stay alive against overwhelming odds...and wind up sharing something between them that would change their lives forever. First in the "Ties that Bind" series.