Everything Comes with a Price… Fractured by the betrayal of their new queen’s brother, at the Gathering of all immortal magic wielders, merna scatter to the winds. The five, remaining Elders split Ian and Nephtyri at Aryeh and Bjorn’s insistence.Suspicious of their allegiances in her ranks as the new merna queen, Nephtyri heightens the search to free her lost grandmother from the Hunters’ captivity. A quest to find Ian a weapon to match his powers binds him to his bloodbound siblings. With the help of Aryeh and others near and far, they plot with Ian and his siblings to save the Alliance. Though the budding couple can visit one another in dreams, a life apart tests their bond. And no one realizes their sunwalker has a new secret. Their quests reveal not all mythical creatures are lost, and celestials play foul.In Bjorn’s Halls of Amaranth, Rochelle is pressured to adapt to a lesser role as leader of all vampires. The lycan Elder once made an oath to protect Rochelle until his dying breath. He never intended to break her heart to do it. As the dead walk and the living fight to thrive, will newly found joy wait for our heroes on the horizon? Or will it all slip away?