She struck a bargain with a psychotic killer: to find and write the story of his long,lost brother, and he narrates how killing became his business. For him, she is the world itself. A Muse with no place to call home, a wanderer who pays a price for his Madline's 18th birthday gift, will be ensnared into an ancient battle. Will he choose to remain a mere shadow and slave to his love? or will he risk everything to become human?