I'm Merakai. I was born on the Island of Shadows and thought I'd die here, kind of wish I had. The daughter of a naiad and a shadow walker has left me with a unique ability to use any water surface as a portal of escape. I don't trust anyone. How can I? When I know there's a price on my head, and a rider ready to collect? Barren, a handsome blood mage I met on the Island, well, I like him, a lot. He looks at me like I'm something special. My father stole his blood and has it hidden away, it's his 'ace card' to save him from a death sentence. Where do the lines of family loyalty and destined love lie? Ivan Grey, the single most despised person in recent history, is my father. I hate him. I want him dead. I want him to pay the price he's inflicted on others. But... he is my father.