After Xandra's nasty run in with the Arcadian Council of Witches--where she was almost killed and her boyfriend, Declan, was almost framed for it--her plan is to lay low and figure out why its members would torment the people they are supposed to protect. Declan, temperamental and protective warlock that he is, doesn't feel so reticent. And when violence erupts again, there's no stopping him from pursuing revenge... When a council member is murdered...