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

Nathan saw Jim and Sasha, but Jim’s eyes weren’t white or amber and Sasha’s weren’t his normal slit-pupil red. Their eyes were Malak’s eyes—red on black, yellow on black—like Nathan’s dreams from long ago; his visions of a future made real.


He understood what Malak was showing him, how in every moment that he was with Jim or Sasha in the Veil of course it was really Malak—Malak touching him, torturing him, twisting him into his—her—theirimage. And Nathan had bent and broken just like a good boy.


“Why…?” Nathan had to ask, closing his eyes against the visions even though it did nothing to banish them. “Why them? Why that?”


Chapter 29