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Prologue

The State of Things

Existing in the shadows of our world are supernatural races, children blessed by the ancient Greek gods with uni a two-thousand-year-old ith one another The Midnight Coven, an alliance of dark ik, believe that the vampyres and lykans are lesser supernaturals and a threat to ht Coven, a confederate of light iks, faeries, vampyres, and lykans who believe in the equality of the races

Into this war nineteen-year-old Caia Ribeiro is born … a lykan with a heritage unlike any other A consequence of the ods and fate, Caia is unique—half lykan, half water ik And to hter of the Head of the Midnight Coven: Caia is half Daylight, half Midnight

No one is sure of the extent of Caia’s abilities, not even her ht Coven All they know is that after her explosive killing of her uncle Ethan, Caia is the heir apparent, and with it has trace ik—the ability to sense the eht Coven The pack, Marita, and all their allies believe Caia is the key to bringing down the Midnights But Caia is not so sure

Not only is she an nineteen-year-old girl trying to co fros for the pack’s Alpha, Lucien, excited but terrified by her htened by the contradiction of the trace ik

Caia is beginning to realize that the war isn’t black and white There are iks who have long forgotten why the war began, hts ould happily see the war end Is the trace wrong? Is she going insane or falling to the other side? Because everyone closest to her would believe her to be a traitor if she shared her concerns … wouldn’t they?

And if all that weren’t enough, her best friend Jaeden is stillrescued from the malevolent clutches of Caia’s uncle Ethan Caia had seen through Ethan’s eyes the atrocities he co body and mind; only she understands Jaeden’s need to be separate from the pack for a while

However … perhaps it’s best Caia isn’t fully aware of Jaeden’s true situation It would be just onepile of responsibilities For not only is Jae out hunting rogue vaainst the coven, as the law constitutes that only a vaue vaue lykan—she has even bigger problems

When Ethan had Jae locked in a cage,an enor … happened It had to have had, right?

What else could explain Jae’s sudden telekinetic abilities?

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