Crawling out of a pit of despair is hard-even when you're a vampire.Watching the person you love get brutally murdered can push you over the edge. Especially when you're eighteen, immortal, and being haunted by the one you lost. Ashlyn Thorne wasn't ready to cope with the pain. She also wasn't ready to have the vampires of four of California's largest cities metaphysically tied to her either. Throw in being hunted by a demon even hell kept chained up, it would be a miracle if she survives.With the help of her friends, old and new, she might be able to get through it. If no one betrays her fragile trust...