Tempus fugit means "time flies." Except, it really doesn't if you're Tempus Halt, time holder and Father Time's son. He is so bored...right up until he's about to sacrifice a mortal's lifetime to the Fates on New Year's Eve, and a beautiful woman throws herself into his arms. "Take me," she says. Oh, he intends to do that-right up until his mortal sacrifice changes to Lacey Carpenter. Midnight passes, without a sacrifice, and killing...