A cold stone heart breaks more easily than it beats. Than it loves. Damien was a loyal warrior, killed in battle in 1203. Because of his true heart, he was given the option to pass on to his eternal reward or exist in another state of being as a protector... until he could resume living the life he'd been cheated of. A soldier by nature, he chose the latter. And he waited centuries-as a gargoyle-growing increasingly bitter about his choice...