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

Jim was Awakened but he was still Jim. That had to mean something.


Later, when Nathan had had enough brooding, alone or in Iain’s company, he ventured out again to see what the others were up to. He just had to keep telling himself that he could do this. He could. This was his life. He had to live it if he was ever going to make up for the last one.


Nathan hung back a little in the hallway, peering around inside the bar area. Iain had left Nathan to join the others a little earlier and was talking amiably with Shiarra at the bar. Alex wasn’t there, probably in the kitchen preparing something for dinner if Nathan’s growling stomach was any indication of the time. Sasha was hovered around his laptop on one of the small tables, looking distracted and pensive. Wally was curled up still in cat form right there on the table behind the laptop, dozing contentedly in the path of the machine’s heat.


Chapter 12