Originally published 01-20-09 in e-book format.
SummaryHe destroyed a continent. Dethroned a god. Now her love
will destroy him.
Hilde is shunned for her strange looks and ability to dream
the future, both unwelcome gifts of the half-kyrbodan blood
that flows in her veins. One of those dreams summons the
legendary mage, Ilfayne. Beneath his cynicism and penchant
for melting eyeballs, she discovers a tortured man driven by
demons as cruel as her own. And the only man who doesn't
recoil from her.
Condemned to four thousand years of loneliness and regret,
Ilfayne finds a rare thing in Hilde: a friend. For that, he
will do anything to keep her safe. Just as he gathers the
courage to reveal the tender feelings he thought he'd lost,
her kyrbodan blood forces her to bond with a man of her own
race. To deny the bond means she could die. Either way, she
is lost to him.
Now llfayne's oldest enemy has resurfaced, a sorcerer who
will stop at nothing to destroy him. Including targeting
their greatest vulnerabilities—Ilfayne's hidden love
for Hilde, and Hilde's guilt-wracked conscience.
When the sorcerer makes his move, Hilde holds the lives of
two men in her hands—and faces a terrible and deadly
choice. Loyalty...or love.
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