Party-loving Bryce Quinlan is heartbroken when her best friend, a wolf shifter named Danika, is brutally murdered along with her entire pack inside Bryce’s apartment. To make matters worse, Bryce finds a deadly demon called a kristallos lurking in her home. This demon is summoned from the depths of Hel and is on a mission to track down a powerful artifact known as Luna’s Horn. This horn, a Fae relic, is currently broken, but it could be fixed and used to open a portal that would allow dangerous creatures from Hel to invade Midgard.<\/p>\n
Archangel Micah assigns Bryce an unusual partner to help her on this perilous mission: Hunt Athalar, a fallen angel and Micah’s personal assassin. Initially, Hunt is put off by Bryce’s carefree attitude, while she finds his domineering behavior off-putting. Together, they explore various magical realms within Crescent City, gathering clues. The evidence suggests that Danika stole the Horn to prevent it from being used to open a portal to Hel. They also discover that a new synthetic magical drug called “synth” might hold the key to repairing the artifact.<\/p>\n
As Bryce and Hunt work together, they bond over their shared experiences of loss. Bryce mourns the loss of Danika, while Hunt is still haunted by the death of his archangel lover, Shahar, during a failed angel rebellion. Hunt is now bound to do Micah’s bidding for eternity unless he can find the demon and recover the Horn. As they get closer to solving the mystery of the missing Horn, both Bryce and Hunt struggle to let go of their past grief.<\/p>\n
The shocking revelation comes when Micah is exposed as the true villain, with intentions to open a portal to build his own army. To prevent this, Danika had ground the Horn into powder and tattooed it onto Bryce’s back. Bryce, being a half-Fae princess, possesses the gift of Starborn light. When Micah activates the Horn and opens a portal to Hel, Bryce uses her unique power to seal the portal and save the residents of Crescent City. This heroic act nearly costs her life, but Hunt manages to revive her from a near-death experience. Together, they find a way to move beyond their past losses and embrace the potential for a future filled with love and hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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