ShayleeAs a child, I believed in the fairytales my father told me.Until he was gone and with him, that belief.As a girl, I believed in the friendship and protection of Aden.He made me begin to believe again.As a woman, I believed in the possibility of love and passion between myself and Aden.Until he was gone and with him, my belief in magic and happy endings.Aden When she was a child, I was tasked with her protection.As a girl, I became her friend.As a woman, I could no longer see the child I knew and was forced to fight a growing attraction.Unable to lie and unable to tell the truth, I left.Now I’ve returned to give the knowledge I couldn’t before, that she is half Fae.The darkness is stalking her and I am desperate to teach her what she needs to know to protect herself.And determined to make her mine.*Part of a series, while it can be read as a standalone, the story continues to build through the following books.