Disclaimer: All characters and settings used in this story belong to Cate Tiernan
Prologue (MPOV)
I had been asked by the council to help capture Ciaran, my biological father. I have mixed feelings about him - he seems like a father that cares, like he wants to help me, but I know that he is also in a way, evil. He has contributed to so many deaths, stealing other people's magick. Yet, even though I know this, I am drawn to him like a moth to a lamp. He will teach me things, I know this, and I doubt that he will harm me, he didn't let Amyranth hurt me in New York, so why now? The thing that scares me is that black magic seems so natural, it is part of my heritage, just like being a woodbayne. How can I deny that? That is the truth, I like feeling powerful, like no one can stop me...