[Cin & Gui 03] • Halo of Stars · Delta Underground Operatives

Neither of them could have known how good falling could be. Until now.

His touch is soft and meant for comfort. Protection. Healing. All the things I am not. But the angel Gui draws me to him like the earth pulls on the moon. I tried to run. I wanted to run. I was almost gone, and then she showed up. Another woman. Her touch was possessive, her power something even I was forced to bend my knee to. Like falling dominoes, my demons come after me. Even with shadow wraiths slaughtering innocent women and ransacking New York neighborhoods, taking out entire populations of the quiet machinery that keeps the city clean (rodents... yes, I know!), I'm forced to deal with the things I tried to leave in my past. But the demons are easy compared to what comes next. I must tread a dark path that leads me directly to revelations I couldn't have seen coming without a crystal ball. Even with my fortune told twice, I'm still not prepared for the twists and turns waiting for me. Whatever happens, I know that the only thing that can save me—save both of us—is Gui's halo. Getting it back might kill both of us.