Ian would marry the only woman in the world that would leave him behind in a fight for his own good. Veritas is a powerhouse and since Ian was a little incapacitated after fighting Dagon in Wicked Bite, she decides she can deal with her unwanted suitor without him.

Phanes, the golden god has come to collect the bride promised to him by Veritas’s father before she was ever born. They make a deal, well actually a few of them but the first one takes her to Phanes’s home where she learns a little about his past and why she was promised to him. In order to escape his realm and possibly save her father she will need to take a little jaunt into the underworld.

Ian isn’t going to let her go alone and there will be twists and turns a plenty both in the underworld and in the aftermath of what they release from death. Ian also is a tricky sucker and he seems to always find a way to both put himself in great danger and figure out a way to get out of it as well.

He snorted. “You’re saying I overreacted in order to protect you? If gods struck hypocrites with lightning bolts, your arse would be on fire right now.”

I think this is the final book in Ian and Veritas’s story. While the ending was slightly abrupt for that the main story lines were tied up nicely. There were plenty of cameos from characters I’ve loved from the Night Huntress series including Kat and Bones, Denise and Spade, Menchares and Marie. The epic battle at the end was fantastic and worthy of being the final fight to their series.