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The NEW YORK TIMES AND USA Today bestselling Darkyn series continues...

Jayr is proud to be the only female ever permitted to serve as seneschal to a Darkyn lord. But in her centuries of service to Master Byrne, she has fallen in love with him. Now, Byrne plans to step down and... read more

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A WILLING SACRIFICE...
They are the only scars that mar Jayr's milky skin. Scars left by her Darkyn master, Byrne, when she gave her human life to save his. Made immortal, Jayr has served as Byrne's faithful seneschal -- and secretly loved him -- for centuries.

AN ENDURING... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

A WILLING SACRIFICE...
They are the only scars that mar Jayr's milky skin. Scars left by her Darkyn master, Byrne, when she gave her human life to save his. Made immortal, Jayr has served as Byrne's faithful seneschal -- and secretly loved him -- for centuries.

AN ENDURING BOND...
Every full moon, Jayr and Byrne renew their oath of loyalty by sharing each other's blood. Although the erotic ritual has become the only intimacy and pleasure they know, the price of immortality demands that they never be more than master and seneschal.

AN UNIMAGINABLE END...
Unbeknownst to Jayr, Byrne decides to leave the Kyn and retreat to a life of isolation. And the sole purpose of the tournament he's holding is to find a new master for Jayr. As the Kyn fight for Byrne's realm, hidden passions and ancient grudges flare to life, threatening not only Byrne's sanity but Jayr's very existence....

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  • “Thus I go on as I have before, burning in Eden, with you, evermore.”
    Jayr
  • “I was afraid that the only reason we were together was because of the bond thing. That it was making us love each other. But it wasn't. It isn't.""The bond is very strong", he admitted, kissing the top of her head, "but it cannot create love where there is none.”

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Travis Rayford got a boner watching the kid walk out of the nightclub.

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This is book 5 of 9 in Darkyn. (standard series)

Preceded by Night Lost, and followed by Twilight Fall.

This is book 5 of 8 in Darkyn: reading order. (standard series)

Preceded by Night Lost.

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  1. Lynn Viehl (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Signet Books/ Penguin Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: January 2008
ISBN: 978-0451222848
Page Count: 304

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  • If Angels Burn
  • Private Demon
  • Dark Need
  • Night Lost

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