*Xander* Fire. It was everywhere. And out of the fire currently ripping through one of the many small, abandoned villages we'd passed on our way to Crimson Creek, Oliver was sprinting toward us, his mouth opened wide as he sucked in his breath. A wall of flames rushed toward us, barreling through the dry, dead winter grass like a book of matches on the outskirts of the village. Whatever vampires had been hiding from the sun within the half-dozen buildings would be no match for the absolute hell Oliver had just unleashed. “You're on fire," John said, waving a casual hand at Oliver, who was indeed on fire. Oliver dropped to the ground, rolling across the grass until the flames that had been licking up his pant legs sent a trail of acrid smoke toward the sky. This wasn't the first ti