The Circle's job was to protect the innocent. But what happens when the innocent aren't exactly what they seem? What happens when they become the Nine? Gabriel can't bring himself to look at me. Broken wings. Broken will. Titus lays in a hospital bed, with the vultures hovering close. Rival stands beside me . . . but he may as well be on the other side of the world for all the lies that divide us. They killed my family.They tortured those I love. I won't wait for death to come for Titus. I'll become the monster they feared and hunt them down. The Nine tremble at the sight of my father, Lucifer? They haven't met me yet. Contains mature themes.