The High Council has arrived. And they brought the executioner.

Tatum Locke survived the Chimera venom. She survived the Vampire Prince of Atlanta. She even survived forging a volatile, supernatural triad bond with Gideon Nash, the feral Alpha of the panther shifters, and Valerian Croft, Savannah’s icy Master Vampire.

But surviving the High Council’s Inquisition might be the thing that finally puts her in the ground.

When High Inquisitor Silas Thorne drops a massive suppression ward over Georgia, his orders are clear: evaluate the Grave-Speaker anomaly, and if she cannot be controlled, execute her. Silas uses ancient laws to separate Tatum from the protective heat of her Alpha and the lethal shadows of her Master, dragging her into a series of agonizing magical trials meant to break her.

But Silas is hiding a deadly secret. He doesn't want to execute Tatum; he wants to steal the triad's hybridized magic to make himself a god.

If Tatum wants to survive, she can’t just play defense anymore. She has to break the rules, reunite her triad, and show the ancient, bureaucratic overlords of the supernatural world exactly why you never corner a Grave-Speaker in her own territory.

The High Council thought they were sending a judge. They are about to meet the executioner.