Finding yourself wrongfully accused of a crime is a terrible thing,
but becoming the prime suspect under the pursuit of a vengeful
collaboration of vampires is far worse, especially if you don't
know why they want you dead. Rhiamon is running out of time,
something she never considered would conflict with immortality. She
must find a way to stop them before everything she loves is gone
forever. Hollowed by a loss still unyielding of a perpetrator,
Rhiamon Delaney bends to her curiosity and becomes unwillingly
entangled in a bloody web of murder, lies and deceit, where the
only ones who know the truth may be dead and the ones who want her
dead are not alive. There is a type of pain, a stagnant, lingering
ache that even an eternity cannot persuade a heart to release.
There is a type of danger, a blatant, violent desire to take life
that even the invincible cannot evade or incapacitate. There is a
type of love, a fiery, all-consuming possession of heart and soul
that defies the notion of pain or danger; a madness capable of
deeds measured only in the moments between two beating hearts. Las
Vegas is a beautiful place to visit, to take in the sights, to let
your inner-sinner out; a beautiful place to die. She should have
left him there, young Rory, bloodied and broken on that warehouse
floor. Rhiamon Delaney paid little attention to worry, before
tonight. She'd spent two years patient in solitude, where memories
remained silent; haunting the back alleys of Las Vegas and killing
only when the need arose. That was, of course, before they showed
up, raining discontent on the comfort of boredom and numbness she'd
grown accustom to. She had to poke her nose in. She had to save the
kid. They weren't going to give up though. They wanted her dead,
these demon strangers with bloodied lips, just as they'd come for
Rory. The only way to the truth was through the past, where ghosts
carry burning torches and vials of salt for old wounds. With every
step backward, Rhiamon stumbles deeper into truths she cannot
accept, faced with a sudden love she never believed in. She is
forced to confront things about herself she cannot change, and to
realize others can change her in ways she'll never forget. With
unknown enemies at the back of her heels and the betrayal of true
friends twisted in her back, Rhiamon must quickly take the upper
hand and end this hunt. How can she stop an enemy she doesn't know
without losing another friend? This is different. This time it's
Rory. Losing him would mean losing her soul, and she would die
first.