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​Flesh and blood, You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, expell'd remorse and nature. . .
I do forgive thee. Unnatural though thou art.
Shakespeare

 

The Russian Mafia wants Darius Pharre dead. With his wife and infant daughter in tow, Cyrus’s arms-dealer brother takes refuge at the Harper ranch in Texas. But safety is an illusion. Maren’s Tarot whispers of a shadow clinging to the Pharre family, a darkness that will not be bargained with.

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On Midsummer’s Eve, after a solitary Litha ritual, Maren glimpses the Bendith y Mamau—malicious faeries whose “Mother’s Blessing” is nothing but a curse—dancing and singing in the ferns by the river . And they’re not alone. The cŵn annwn, snow-white hounds with blood-red ears and silver-mirror eyes, prowl at their heels, bringing with them the scent of death.

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As the battle between light and dark ignites and the Oak and Holly Kings clash for dominion, the question becomes inescapable: are the omens here for Darius… or for them all?

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