Nathan Grier returns from the Veil a changed man. The consequences of his time with Malak, the dark sidhe king, and the deal made to free him may be more than he can bear.<br><br>The weakening of the Veil and new enemies foretell of a greater battle still ahead. With Nathan’s brother Jim now an Awakened changeling, and Nathan’s role in Malak’s plans finally revealed, Nathan’s love for fae hunter and incubus Sasha Kelly may not be enough to save him after all.

Sidhe

As it turned out, the group hadn’t done much of anything the past week, just waited for Nathan to return. Nathan was able to surmise that whatever the deal was to save him it meant he had only had to serve those seven days as a Shadow Immortal—what was a year to him—and then Malak had agreed to return him. At what cost, Nathan wasn’t ready to find out.


There was only one bed in the room, but Jim brought in a sleeping bag. Nathan tried to say it wasn’t necessary, but Jim just shrugged like it wasn’t a big deal.


Jim and Sasha must have assumed or seen that Nathan was tired, because they kept trying to get him ready for bed. Maybe they were just tired too. They still talked even when the lights were off—Jim from the floor, Sasha next to him. Nathan didn’t do much talking, which he knew must have seemed strange to them, but he just liked hearing the sound of their voices, going on about nothing and laughing and being them. He didn’t want to wreck that.


Chapter 6