New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us back to the shadows of a deadly and beautiful world ruled by angels, vampires serve them, and one huntress must escape from the darkness to survive. A severed head with a distinctive tattoo on her cheek must become the Guild's business, but instinct, honed by centuries of vampire life, tells Dmitry to take matters into his own hands. There is something perverted in this death, something hinting at things from long ago... But Dmitry's desire to get to the truth is nothing compared to the reaction to the hunter who was assigned to decipher the tattoo. After a brutal attack, Honor almost died, and is not ready was to meet with a seductive vampire, who is also the right hand of the archangel. A vampire who is as cruel as he is sensual... A vampire she has secretly pined for since she began to understand exactly what emotions he awakens in her. When desire turns into a dangerous compulsion that could destroy them both, it becomes clear that the past doesn't want to stay in the past. Something is stalking and hunting... And it won't stop until it brings the blood-soaked nightmare to life.