The disbelief in her eyes is quickly replaced by fear. I feel his talons scratch and toy against my sanity. The loss of Briea and the scars of halflings are far from healed. This was not the win we prayed for.
The more we uncover the truth of my bloodline, I am faced with the reality that my life was never my own. I was bread for this. How do you defeat an enemy who lives within you?
House Dream’s deception and treasonous schemes run deeper than my father and I could have imagined, and the First Fae Curse is a monster with bottomless hunger. Leaving nothing but rot and desolation in its wake.
Shiv is scouring every ancient manuscript for answers. But we are running out of time. The inescapable return of the first fae and their tyranny loom over Krieville while the country tears itself apart from the inside out.
His thoughts are becoming mine, and I must find a way to destroy him even if it means I am his coffin. Forgive me, Alysa, my love. I had hoped for more life with you.
The Return of the First Fae is the long-awaited conclusion to A Truce with the Blood Prince, A Betrayals in the Ashes of Power, and A Reckoning upon the Cursed Bloodline. The Ancient Blood Series is a story of overcoming prejudices, defying fate, and what it truly means to fight for something you believe in.