Volume 2 in the In The Shadow of a Monster trilogy. Synopsis: That it is temporary does not change that it is love. Baba was wrong. Love exists. Hadhi loves. She wants to keep Noam forever. But predators have teeth for feeding and everyone she loves is threatened. Despite longing to give up her teeth she may need to embrace her inner predator to protect them all. Even if she risks losing Noam to keep him safe. Look what ripples, what waves, what fractals the magic created… Zawadi’s vengeful plan is feeding power equally into people’s hopes and their fears. But it isn’t just her enemies who are changing as she grows to regret every wish she granted. Kane’s wish is consuming any other path he might have had, leaving him with no role to play but traitor. The magic is burning out of Asha and taking parts of her with it. Will she wish for it once more and risk destruction, or let it go in the moment she needs it most? Hadhi is the woman that Noam was meant to love and he is terrified that he will be torn from her. But his desperate wish to protect her may be the thing that spells their doom.
