Book 7 of the Vengeful Elements series. With the Saligian Prophecy nothing more than a hollow lie, vampire Jacen de la Corte’s world has been shattered. Faced with the prospect of never finding his own salvation he’s left with no option but to retreat…or mount his most devastating and desperate campaign yet. Sonia Hawkwood has returned home, hoping to be with her new family and to discover who – and what – she is becoming. Within hours she is held captive by Jacen, who has no idea how important his prisoner is … or what she’s capable of. Driven to the brink of madness by both his failure to capture a Ligata and his sudden desire for the innocent beauty in his clutches, Jacen will have to face the most brutal of tests in order to find what he seeks the most… … before it’s too late and all hope is lost.