Witch Anjali Gupta keeps a damning secret. At age twelve, she saved the life of a boy not much older than her. Which would have been a good deed--if that boy wasn't a shadow demon, and Anjali meant to hunt and kill his kind. Now, ten years later, she discovers that the elusive dark protector who has covertly guarded her for years is in fact the shadow demon she once saved. Determined to face her past, she confronts him to find out if sparing his life was right--or whether he's the biggest mistake she's ever made.Thorne has never forgotten the girl whose inexplicable act of kindness saved his life. For years, he's been her silent, stealthy protector, not daring to act on his desire for her. When Anjali stubbornly wiggles her way into his life--and further into his heart--he fights the passion sparking between them--for the secret he keeps holds the power to destroy her.