Hilde is shunned for her strange looks and ability to dream the future bothunwelcome gifts of the halfkyrbodan blood that flows in her veins. One ofthose dreams... » 

Hilde is shunned for her strange looks and ability to dream the future bothunwelcome gifts of the halfkyrbodan blood that flows in her veins. One ofthose dreams summons the legendary mage Ilfayne a tortured man driven bydemons as cruel as her own. The only man who doesnt recoil from her. Condemnedto four thousand years of loneliness and regret Ilfayne finds a rare thing inHilde a friend. Just as he gathers the courage to reveal the tender feelingshe thought hed lost her kyrbodan blood forces her to bond with a man of herown race. To deny the bond means she could die. Either way she is lost to him.Now llfaynes oldest enemy has resurfaced one who will stop at nothing todestroy him. Including targeting their greatest vulnerabilitiesIlfaynes hiddenlove for Hilde and Hildes guiltwracked conscience. Holding the lives of twomen in her hands Hilde is faced with a terrible and deadly choice. Loyaltyorlove. «