Ari and Andreas know the O-Seven will never leave them alone. Ari is carrying Andreas's mortal child, but the vampire elders are convinced the child will be the first vampire baby and are out to posses it. Or kill it. Either way, Ari and Andreas will do anything to keep their unborn child safe, even if it means Ari has to go into hiding and leave Andreas exposed to the O-Seven alone.
But then the O-Seven call on the Mahmo magic that can turn an elder into a winged killer, and each time Ari runs, they find her again. The only way to protect their child's future is to defeat the O-Seven, once and for all. And to do that, Ari will have to face the elders head-on in their castle stronghold deep in Germany’s Black Forest…
Ally Shields was born and raised in the Midwest, along the Mississippi River, and considers herself a "river rat." The settings and folklore of that area are often incorporated into her urban fantasy novels. After a career in law and juvenile justice, she turned to full-time writing in late 2008, and Awakening the Fire, the debut novel in her Guardian Witch series, was released by Etopia Press in September 2012. She continues to write and published Cross Keys, an Elvenrude novel, in October 2014. When not writing, playing with her Mini Pin, Ranger, reading, or spending time with family, she loves to travel in the US and abroad and incorporates some of those settings in her books. Way too often she can be found on Twitter.