Felaern's POV

Centuries.

For centuries, I looked for her. I scoured every realm, followed every lead, and nothing...not a trace. Until I finally accepted the unthinkable—only death could have kept her from returning to me.

But I had been wrong.

Oh, so wrong.

There was a creature more vile than death, more loathsome than the grave—Acheron. 

He had dared to do the unthinkable. He had stolen from me, a treasure worth more than all of the gold and silver in the world, worth more than my own life—he had taken my mate. 

And for that, he would pay.

His pain would be long and unimaginable.

We stepped from the portal...