GRYPHON-Honorable, loyal, dependable . tainted. He was the ultimate warrior before imprisonment in the underworld changed him in ways he can’t ignore.

She calls to him. Come to me. You can’t resist. But Gryphon will not allow himself to be ruled with the insidious whispers in his head. And there’s only 1 way to avoid them: kill Atalanta, the goddess who enslaved him. But with so much darkness inside, he can’t be sure what’s true anymore. Actually the Eternal Guardians, those who protect the human realms as well as the gods, need to exile him.

Finding Malea is like a miracle. Somehow he doesn’t experience the pull of the dark when she’s near. And he’s motivated to keep her as near as is possible, whether she wants him close or not. But she’s a enticement that will test every bit of control he has left. One which may ultimately have the energy to send out him back again to the underworld . . . or free him from his stores for good.