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

His vision grew cloudy as Malak threw him to the floor, but he could see the way Malak stared maliciously down at him without advancing, the light he could see at the center of the darkness flickering. Whether it was against his better judgment or not, Nathan spoke on.


“I don’t think you were playing games. You really loved her. She really loved you. You were gonna change your tune, even, I think. You finally saw something in humans you couldn’t just pass off as corruptible.”


“And I was wrong,” Malak snarled, his tongue snaking out of his mouth and looking, for a moment, forked. “I was wrong not only in believing humans have something to offer, because she wasn’t human, was she? I was wrong that it mattered at all.”


Chapter 198